Apple’s App Store is a monopoly and rips off startups by charging 30%(!!) per transaction. You’re also blocked from using Stripe, and they force you to use Apple Pay. Total rip-off, what do you think?
As a user I’m grateful that the App Store is a one stop shop for any iPhone app and that I can be reasonably sure the app I download isn’t gonna be malware. It costs Apple money to provide that service, and 30% is reasonable
They aren’t a monopoly as they don’t even have the largest mobile store platform. That being said, as with all of the FAANG members there is a question as to whether you can be a platform while also competing on your platform where you clearly have either an advantage or in apple’s case outright ban potential competition
If you never ran a startup you would never know. Apple is a monopoly. This has been an issue for companies like Spotify and AMZ. Apple’s has a bigger market share in Greater Seattle Area (Snohomish, King and Pierce county).
That’s some impressive gatekeeping; run a startup or your opinion is invalid
The platform was paid for by the customer of the phones.
If they could provide a competing service to download apps I think they would. The problem is Apple controls the whole thing and you can’t do that which seems anti-competitive to me. It also seems anti-competitive when apps that have been around for years are suddenly booted from the store when Apple decides to roll out a competing feature.
Use Google store or if it's a popular app, put the apk file on a secure server for people to download and install. Screw apple.
Yeah... But like... Ios controls a huge market share... So gg to that customer base?
30% is not a reasonable cut and duopolies are nearly as bad as monopoly. However the US has a very narrow definition of anti trust in recent decades and so won't interfere.
Take Spotify for example with a simple math. Free downloads and free use of service. Premium service at $9.99 a month. Beautifully done. 1000 monthly subscribers at $9.99 = $9,990 total revenue. Apple takes $2,997 Not a fair game.
They pushed out some response paper to that. And to be fair, it's uncertain if either side is completely right
Take goooooooggle for example. Don’t charge anything from anyone and sell all the user data for probably more money. Not a fair game either
No since there’s the google play store