This is the first good analogy I’ve read for understanding Apple’s power in a way that non tech people can understand. The problem with most comments shouting

This is the first good analogy I’ve read for understanding Apple’s power in a way that non tech people can understand. The problem with most comments shouting “30% is too high!” is that it’s impossible to throw out a better number that isn’t entirely arbitrary. The issue isn’t the number. The issue is the mechanism by which that number can be enforced. If we agree smartphones have become essential infrastructure, needed for the modern economy to function, we should not allow just 2 companies to have such power over it. What makes people uncomfortable about this though, is that Apple has really done nothing wrong to get here. It’s just that their product and the App Store concept they popularized became so successful, that it’s now essential to modern life. For the people arguing against regulation, I totally understand the uncomfortable feeling that creates.