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perseusprime11 on Aug 24, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Netflix is the latest company to try bypassing App...

How is this different from Walmart taking a commission for putting your products on their shelf? Why does Apple get so much slack? 30% seems reasonable for giving access to its shelf.

erikpukinskis on Aug 24, 2018 [–]

Because I bought the shelf from Apple. It’s my shelf now. It’s my phone. Why is Apple involved at all if I want to stream videos from Netflix?

It’s like Wal-mart taking a cut of my cable bill because they sold me the TV. The overreach of Apple is preposterous.

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