@danielinoa @amonduin @thomholwerda @osnews that person can pass the cost on to iOS users. Read the terms. Not sure if you'll see this because I'm blocking your nastiness.

@amonduin @thomholwerda @osnews when you're being called names you've won the argument. I don't follow Ben Thompson, I do occasionally listen to Gruber's podcast but often disagree with him. But it is Apple's platform. Instead of calling me a name, why don't you attempt to make a single compelling point to refute my claim that Apple runs a software ecosystem that can justifiably be called a platform?

@danielinoa @amonduin @thomholwerda @osnews I've lost people I love to cancer. This is a company charging other companies a bit more money than you think is fair. So very respectfully, fuck your language. I have a right to have a different opinion and to express it without name calling. How old are you? 7? Grow the fuck up and debate like an adult.

@amonduin @thomholwerda @osnews sorry to disappoint but I'm not an Apple shill. I'm on holiday, popped back into mastodon after getting bored of threads, saw a post calling Apple a cancer and had an opinion all of my own. I don't know what thing you're referring to is so i can't answer your question I'm afraid. Apple's platform, Apple's rules. If publishers don't like the rules, pull the app and do everything through the web = no Apple tax?

@thomholwerda @osnews you don't have to pay for it if you chose to let your iOS-using customers pay the platform costs

@thomholwerda @osnews I get it, Apple leveraging its dominant platform to make even more money feels unfair. But real cancer is a fuck of a lot worse than a 15% commission.

@thomholwerda @osnews teensy bit harsh. YOU don't have a deal with Apple, but some of YOUR customers are using Apple's platform and Apple has decided there's a charge for that, same way you decided to charge your customers for your stuff. Make your stuff free, no more Apple hassle? If you're not doing that, you understand Apple's motivations, no? Also, they're not forcing you to raise prices at all, you're choosing to pass on the platform fee to your customers.

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