"Microsoft offered Valve $147M to launch Half-Life 3 on the Windows Store." "Blockbuster offered Netflix $147M to sell streaming subscriptions in their store."

"Microsoft offered Valve $147M to launch Half-Life 3 on the Windows Store." "Blockbuster offered Netflix $147M to sell streaming subscriptions in their store." "IBM offered Microsoft $666M to sell the Windows userspace in the Red Hat Store." The idea that some operating system developers feel entitled to a 30% cut of all the money made by the software running on the system is that insane. All the technological rent-seeking chicanery these days hurts my brain. Why are people putting up with it?