I hate just about every company nowadays. Apple and Epic both are on my "Forbidden List". I shall not pay a penny to them, I forbid my family to the best of my ability from funding either. They're up there with Gamestop, Bethesda, EA, and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head but I damn well would seeing the company name.
That you're implying that my pov is 'biased' is attempting to discredit my view based on your own personal bias in favor of Epic. Case in point, throughout this whole topic I've made it a point that I hate Apple every darn bit as much. Yet somehow, you zero in on the idea my hatred for Epic in particular is exceptional. This is the furthest thing from the truth.
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monopoly is a structure in which a single supplier produces and sells a given product or service. If there is a single seller in a certain market and there are no close substitutes for the product, then the market structure is that of a "pure
monopoly".
Is Apple the only seller of mobile games? No.
Is it the only one who provides a platform (service) to host mobile games on? No.
Are they the sort to conflict with competition? Yes. They will attempt to shut down any competition within their rights. As I have gone over, they have a horrible history with Right to Repair, yet as the law stands now, they are protected although that is changing.
There are *two* key points established to determine a monopoly:
- A monopoly exists when there is only one producer and many consumers.
- Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service and a lack of viable substitute goods.
Neither of these points can be distinguished as Apple.
Furthermore with some basic investigation into the subject of what the federal government deems a monopoly, the Sherman act covers:
(1) anticompetitive agreements and (2) unilateral conduct that monopolizes or attempts to monopolize the relevant market
Apple does not fall under 1. They are not forming agreements with other companies to shut out Google entirely.
And 2 we both know without a doubt Google isn't moving the goalpost in their favor.
I honestly don't buy this. It may be true, but anyone can claim "I am X working for Y". I can claim I'm Chris Barrett working for Bungie, and you couldn't really *prove* that without his aide (although "I" might be lying just to make the trail run cold that way).
Also, many companies will claim that a business' practices are anti-competitive simply because they can't win. A Ma and Pa shop cannot compete with a Walmart due to the scale of connections and resources the company has. This doesn't on its own necessarily make Walmart an anti-trust, as an example. Likewise, it's rare for an average or low level development to hold its own vs Apple due to similar issues - more/more experienced coders, for example. Being able to get assistance/deals with multiple company leaders. As long as they aren't making deals forbidding the aide/business with a competitor, then honestly it's not a monopoly.
The 30% Commission is more or less the industry standard.
https://www.analysisgroup.com/globa...etplaces_a_comparison_of_commission_rates.pdf
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This is not a 'monopoly'. It is the standard. For someone who was coming here, calling me 'ignorant' for an implied bias of hatred against Apple, you did little to none of the studying. I don't even
need to continue this discussion, with this lot alone, I've proven that you attempted to gaslight the people of this community by trying to convince them that Apple/google somehow are the villains and sole group that holds this 30% commission rate. Not only that, you attempted to convince these people that my views were ignorant on the matter. The difference between you and me? I was ignorant before posting this, and still did my due diligence. You didn't.