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It's like if you would have to ask Google or Apple for permission when you want to open a coffee shop or any other business and have to give them 30% of your pr
by simonkafan 6y ago
It's like if you would have to ask Google or Apple for permission when you want to open a coffee shop or any other business and have to give them 30% of your profit.
App marketplaces must be a public good and under the surveillance of the public and not controlled by a few old chief executives of Google or Apple.
- ericmay 6y agoIt’s like if Apple and Google went out and bought land and built a very desirable mall and you want to open up your business in their mall.
- crumbshot 6y agoMore like if, between them, they held almost all commercially-zoned land and then proceeded to run a landlording duopoly.
- twhb 6y agoI think the parent analogy is better. The land outside Apple and Google isn’t illegal to build on, just less desirable.
- dingaling 6y agoAnd the mall owner charged not only rent, but 30% of your store sales which could only be made through their proprietary payment system. Sounds lucrative.