It's about running the clock. They know full well that requiring the extra modal and demanding a 27% tax on top runs flagrantly against the intent of the law.

It's about running the clock. They know full well that requiring the extra modal and demanding a 27% tax on top runs flagrantly against the intent of the law. But they both discourage people from introducing third party payments and continue to collect their cut while the government now has to start the enforcement process again, take them to court again, etc. When the profit scheme is so good, you just want to keep it running as long as possible, and this does that. Most court appeals you'll see in each case sound incredibly stupid on their face and you wonder why they'd pay a lawyer to argue it... but it's just because legal proceedings take time. The profits they make are so obscene, and the fines they'll pay for it are minimal in comparison. Apple and Google are just crooks, full stop.