Two things that are simultaneously true- -The EU has a really liberal policy of meting out massive fines to US companies, seemingly seeing them as free money

Two things that are simultaneously true- -The EU has a really liberal policy of meting out massive fines to US companies, seemingly seeing them as free money -Apple is abusive, greedy and entitled and desperately needs to be checked. Apple's hubris (like "don't tell customers they can pay significantly less outside of the app") can only be defended by the Stockholm syndrome few who have deluded themselves into thinking this is rational or justified. It is plainly evident that Apple operates their actual app store team as a discount, rag-tag minimalist operation doing the absolute least possible, yet that yields a profit for them greater than the entire Citibank conglomerate. Just insane. Apple's take from the industry as rent-seeking is greater than entire industries, and we still pretend that it's some need. There is zero justification for the no-value rent-seeking Apple commits in the app store. And if you have loads of Apple devices in your world like me, seeing Apple saturate markets and start to have trouble growing their already insane profits should cause you some concern as now is when they're going to look to lean on their rent-seeking and "service" income sources more than ever.