> Am I the only one here that thinks they deserve a cut for building such a platform? Let me rephrase the question. Should a company be allowed to extract as m

> Am I the only one here that thinks they deserve a cut for building such a platform? Let me rephrase the question. Should a company be allowed to extract as much money as possible from consumers simply because they benefited from an economic environment that cannot support a large number of competitors? Besides, what did Apple actually build? They didn't write those apps. The people/companies that did all the actual work were the ones that "built" the platform.