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iOS dev is already paid by selling the hardware. The AppStore is also profitable by itself.

• zepto 6y ago
  Is iOS dev paid for by the hardware? What makes you think that? It just sounds like something you made up. And what makes you think the App Store is profitable ‘by itself’? These statements seem to indicate that the argument against Apple is just about them making profit from what they do. That’s exactly the argument Epic and Spotify are making - they want to take some of the profit from what Apple does.
  • pier25 6y ago
    Are you aware Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world? Where do you think these profits come from?
    • zepto 6y ago
      Sale of products and services, of course. It seems like the argument is that Apple is too profitable so it should be targeted. That stream of profits is certainly is what Epic and Spotify are trying to obtain through the courts. Apple on the other hand, obtained that stream of profits by investing decades of resources into developing their platforms. Platforms which Epic and Spotify have not had to develop, and which they have befitted from.