Mafia is not a bunch of criminal thugs that just take and walk away, it's a social organization with its own rules that even cares about some of its members, ma

Mafia is not a bunch of criminal thugs that just take and walk away, it's a social organization with its own rules that even cares about some of its members, marginalizes some, provides protection etc. Apple doesn't protect (its developers). It provides them some tools but it has shown no interest in them as humans or as entrepreneurs. Google may get a lot of hate too, but we remember that they ve built and promoted a lot of open platforms and open source stuff that stayed with us (despite their bad habit of shutting down services). Most other companies acted similarly. Apple is singularly capricious , and their primary appeal is their rich customer base, which they are waving like a carrot in front of everyone. It's only popular in US btw.