> I'm pretty sure Apple never made anyone selling an iPhone pay them for an iOS license on all the phones they sell. That's a wildly different situation. Of co

> I'm pretty sure Apple never made anyone selling an iPhone pay them for an iOS license on all the phones they sell. That's a wildly different situation. Of course Microsoft charges hardware vendors for Windows licenses - we have to pay for them too! Windows is Microsoft's main product - should they be giving away licenses to vendors?!? (I'm ignoring the underlying issue of sell vs produce here, because it's such a clear fallacy it's not even worth explaining)