Apple’s tax has been in effect for years, but apparently is enforced inconsistently. Also there are two EU investigations into their practices. Apple has been fined for billions before.
People have called it a tax long before Musk bought Twitter. And once you buy an iPhone, it's yours, so you shouldn't have to pay Apple 30% of all financial transactions you ever conduct with it.
Once you buy a car, it’s yours, so you shouldn’t have to pay gas companies 100% of all fuel transactions you ever use to drive it anywhere.
Apps are the lifeblood of a smartphone. Everyone who buys an iPhone knows they’ll be spending money on apps too, and the 30%, or 15%, or free or whatever is hardly a secret to those that care about it.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 33.6 ms ] threadIt's not a "tax."
Calling it one is a shibboleth which declares your allegiance to Musk's marketing.
Apps are the lifeblood of a smartphone. Everyone who buys an iPhone knows they’ll be spending money on apps too, and the 30%, or 15%, or free or whatever is hardly a secret to those that care about it.
Obviously they can, but in my opinion it's an absurdly high cut.
Nope. This is a very long running thing, Musk is just the current high profile face of it.
It's still not a tax.
I'm of the opinion that the 30% should have dropped quite a bit a while back, and the terms should be more favorable to the devs, but still...