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The analogy works perfectly -- nobody has to buy an iPhone.

• pornel 6y ago
  I bought an iPhone, and I'm not getting that 30% cut. Where's my money? Apple wants to get paid twice for the same thing. Apple sells me a device, and then they sell me (a device user) as their product to app developers.
  • nickysielicki 6y ago
    No, you paid for an iPhone and the iPhone ecosystem. You might choose to pay for additional apps, at which point Apple takes 30% for acting as a payment processor and for quality assurance. No double dipping. The iPhone is perfectly usable without any third-party applications. It's your choice to spend more money. The iPhone did not originally have an app store and was still highly sought-after. Apple chose to add an app store, and has every right to choose to do so under their own conditions.
    • pornel 6y ago
      Apple already takes $99/year for quality assurance (free-to-user apps get it too). Apple charges for (in-)app payments literally 10 times more than competing payment processors. Apple bans apps from using competing payment processors. Apple also bans apps from even informing consumers how much this costs, or that other payment options may be available elsewhere. There's no pro-consumer explanation for forcing opaque pricing and uninformed purchases.