[HN Gopher] Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's... ___________________________________________________________________ Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's membership programs Author : mdoms Score : 49 points Date : 2022-01-12 22:33 UTC (26 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (twitter.com) (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com) | nabla9 wrote: | Many don't know this, but monopoly is not illegal in the US. | | Misusing monopoly power is. | r00fus wrote: | Please explain to me how Apple is a monopoly. | mindwok wrote: | I feel like these marketplaces could _maybe_ justify 30% on the | purchase of an app up front, where there are clear benefits to | the exposure and platform offered by them. But ongoing revenue is | really attributable to the app itself and feels to me much harder | to justify. | | At this point I'd be happy if Apple just let me install apps | outside their ecosystem, then they could at least defend | themselves by saying if the developers aren't happy with the | terms of the App Store they can offer alternative methods. | joebob42 wrote: | I still don't think they deserve the 30%, but it's interesting | that there doesn't seem to be any concern in that direction | mentioned here. They mention in passing that the 30% may be a | concern for partners but they seem basically unfased by it and | don't mentioned that it might not be reasonable. | yua_mikami wrote: | This is good because the more large companies that Apple pisses | off, the sooner the App Store garden walls will come down. | Kyragem wrote: ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-12 23:00 UTC)