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by dmak 2190 days ago
I'm not sure if I sympathize well with this but I am open to hearing more. If I am a US citizen, then I have to pay ~30% taxes on my worldwide income. In exchange, I have a very convenient passport, I have access to the US stock market, etc...

Is it not the same for Apple? You pay 30% tax and you have to implement their IAP. That's the cost of getting access to all the iPhone market share amongst other things.
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Barrin92 2190 days ago
It is the same for Apple but you're forgetting that this is bad for everyone who isn't a US citizen. And in the same vein, these tech mini nation-states create walled-gardens around themselves in the same vein nation-states erect borders. And borders are a reason for huge welfare losses.

One reason you have a nation-state in the first place is so you avoid local zero-sum games and you can force companies to compete on an open market, which has huge positive upside for everyone who isn't Apple.

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sumedh 2189 days ago
> I have access to the US stock market,

You can still have access to the US stock market even if you are not a US citizen which is opposite of what Apple is doing.

> That's the cost of getting access to all the iPhone market share amongst other things.

Isnt the $99 fee the cost to access all the Iphone market?

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