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> Apple's claim is simple: The monopoly was from the very beginning, when the iPhone had 0.0% market share. If it was anti-competitive, the iPhone would have fa
by whimsicalism 2y ago
> Apple's claim is simple: The monopoly was from the very beginning, when the iPhone had 0.0% market share. If it was anti-competitive, the iPhone would have failed. If developers didn't like it, the iPhone would have failed. Has Apple unfairly done anything new now that they have a monopoly? No. Did Apple raise their 30% royalty to 70% when they had a monopoly? No.
Apple did not have a 30% cut for in-app purchases when the iPhone was created, just App Store purchases. In-app revenue tax was instituted in 2011
e: No clue why this is downvoted
- gjsman-1000 2y ago> In-app revenue tax was instituted in 2011 However, Apple still collected a 30% fee, just manually. It wasn't an integrated system, but you had to sign a legal agreement for the kickback.
- whimsicalism 2y ago> However, Apple still collected a 30% fee, just manually. It wasn't an integrated system, but you had to sign a legal agreement for the kickback. Source on this prior to 2011? I don't believe it is true but I might be mistaken.
- sbuk 2y agohttps://youtu.be/xo9cKe_Fch8?t=214 https://youtu.be/xo9cKe_Fch8?t=214 Video is from 2008, literally took me all of 5 minutes to find.