> But now that the iPhone is ubiquitous, the App Store has become part of the basic infrastructure of the internet. I spend tens of hours every week online and

> But now that the iPhone is ubiquitous, the App Store has become part of the basic infrastructure of the internet. I spend tens of hours every week online and not even a minute of it on Apple's App Store. So no, it's not "a part of the basic infrastructure of the Internet", rather a service that exists thanks to the Internet. I don't get this article. The author claims that enormous control and suffocating fees stunt the work of creatives, while at the same time not acknowledging the existence of a myriad other options. Don't like Apple? Don't use its services, and that's it. > Apple’s gatekeeper status is holding back the growth of the creator economy. Then move to something else? > But now the App Store is not one small outpost for developers and creators to make a living. It is an unavoidable, ubiquitous forum for commerce. It is not. This is the view of someone who only knows about Apple's ecosystem.