The value that Apple brings - which bafflingly you seem to have missed - is over a billion users. That's a significant value. I doubt more than 50 companies in

The value that Apple brings - which bafflingly you seem to have missed - is over a billion users. That's a significant value. I doubt more than 50 companies in the words history have been able to provide that level of user base on their platform. I'm not saying 15% isn't a high fee, but your argument that Apple provide little to no value is simply false.