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How do you reconcile this opinion with the glaringly obvious counter that Apple swings its weight around in exactly that fashion?

• xwdv 6y ago
  A company should have the right to enforce the terms for its own platform.
  • gambiting 6y ago
    No, I think what they mean is that for instance, Apple Music is on Android, but Apple takes payments through its own platform, not through Google Play, therefore denying Google their 30% cut on apple music payments. Many smaller companies are not able to negotiate the same thing.
    • xwdv 6y ago
      Oh I didn’t know. I guess supporting Epic means that kind of behavior will just continue if they win...
      • icebraining 6y ago
        That's very unlikely, because the court can't force Apple to provide a special deal to Epic. Whatever decision they arrive at, it must be generally applicable.
    • TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
      Massive off-topic aside: Would you mind stop referring to me as he, and more generally don't assume someones gender identity. Sorry about it, just shitting me off a bit lately.
      • gambiting 6y ago
        Huge apologies, I normally just use "they" when I don't know the gender, honestly no idea why I didn't do that here. Sorry about that.
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  • yyyk 6y ago
    Not if they're anti-competitive, like selectively using private APIs or forcing developers to use unrelated services (i.e. Apple payment processors).