[citation][nom]silma[/nom]Greed greed greed.And completely anticompetitive on a Platform that has all but a Monopoly on apps.That is why Apple should be prosecuted. Unlawful abuse of Monopoly power.[/citation]
I completely agree! How can anyone compete with Apple when to be on their platform, you have to give them 30% of whatever it is you get? Imagine if on your windows computer, any digital goods purchased MS got 30% of. Valve wouldn't be able to exist. Nor would other ebook/music/video services.
Allowing Apple to operate this way sets a dangerous precedent. Whose to say that MS won't do it in future versions of Windows, or android too. Then the only providers to digital content will be the ones that provide the OS.
[citation][nom]digitalrazoe[/nom]Simple.. just don't use either product.[/citation]
As a user, that's fine. But as a content provider, you are losing a huge market share which could equate to a business or service ending in failure.
With phones and tablets taking up such a large market share and being used as the main computer for many, they should fall under many of the same rules and regulations that operating systems fall under. The EU won't even let MS use IE as the default browser on their same OS. How Apple gets away with these practices is incomprehensible. I hope these practices brought to an end soon.