I do disagree. They've funded macOS R&D for decades without charging developers anything. Why should iOS be any different?

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y1n0 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

They charged for the operating system. The first MacOS X was $130.

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Despegar 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not against the law to create a better and more profitable business.

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barnabee an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It should be against the law to create they kind of business they have, though

	▲	y1n0 17 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Why? Android has 72% of the market in 2025. As an individual company Apple has 20% of the market. Samsung has 19%. Just don't buy an iphone and move on with your life.
	▲	Invictus0 17 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		go ahead and make the law then. until then it isn't

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EMIRELADERO 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Better business for a specific company doesn't mean better markets for consumers and other participants, and we make laws to ensure the latter even if it's at the expense of the former.

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hadlock 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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