>However that all happened and we are where we are. I don't object to Apple's app store margins or IAP charges, it's their product, their rules.
You are right. It's a question of incentives. The Apple/Google duopoly is incentivized towards control because it allows for abusive profit extraction. They have less incentive to open their platforms and both continue to invest heavily to avoid doing so, because their product, their rules is extremely profitable.
>I do think banning developers from informing users of how to get subscriptions and such outside the store is foolish.
From the Apple/Google perspective, it is foolish in only one respect: it so outrageous that it invites legislative and regulatory response.
You are right. It's a question of incentives. The Apple/Google duopoly is incentivized towards control because it allows for abusive profit extraction. They have less incentive to open their platforms and both continue to invest heavily to avoid doing so, because their product, their rules is extremely profitable.
>I do think banning developers from informing users of how to get subscriptions and such outside the store is foolish.
From the Apple/Google perspective, it is foolish in only one respect: it so outrageous that it invites legislative and regulatory response.