I am a big Apple user (iPhone, air tags, air pods, MacBook etc) but I definitely don’t feel “captured” in any way. If their products start sucking then I’m voting with my feet and my wallet.
I’d much rather support the market driven approach than to assign this responsibility and authority over to the Govt.
There is little market anymore. You want to reach Americans, you bow to Apple or Google, jump through absurd hoops, and pay a tax for something you don't even want or need.
There was nothing wrong with the desktop software model. It's all artificial process now. Manual review, no ability to deploy on your own ("release trains" shouldn't be a thing), unnecessary mandatory engineering work to meet new interface guidelines, required opt-ins to programs that further erode your customer relationship ("login with").
I vastly prefer the government to keep hands off, but in this case we've reached the impenetrable event horizon and need a Deus Ex to restore reasonable competition.
Companies should be free to deploy technology to customers without being unduly taxed.
> Companies should be free to deploy technology to customers without being unduly taxed.
"Companies except Apple", right? Apple you want to be taxed, in the form of giving up profits that you feel are excessive, but which only grow because more users and developers find the deal valuable.
I made a couple of hundred thousand dollars in the App Store. You know how much I would have made without the App Store? Approximately $0. I have no regrets whatsoever, and feel I got plenty of value for the 30% I paid (this was before the 15% rate for SMB).
I am a big Apple user (iPhone, air tags, air pods, MacBook etc) but I definitely don’t feel “captured” in any way. If their products start sucking then I’m voting with my feet and my wallet.
I’d much rather support the market driven approach than to assign this responsibility and authority over to the Govt.