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by AmericanChopper 2132 days ago
Well Apple does distribute Apple Music via the Play Store, and it follows all of Google’s rules around payment processing.

> They provide the exact same thing. Review process is not related to the service they provide.

The review process is a part of the service they provide to their paying customers, and it is a key market differentiator for Apple.

> Apple does the same thing with Amazon.

Apple doesn’t take a cut of any sale of physical goods via apps.

> A quick search gave me this number 1-877-355-5787

There actually is no number, because Google doesn’t offer that level of support (unlike Apple). That is the phone number for premium G Suite and Cloud Identity customers.

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> follows all of Google’s rules around payment processing

That's the thing. They are not implementing these rules on iOS while following them on other platforms.

>Apple does the same thing with Amazon.

I was talking about Prime Video. Amazon got a discount

I can’t see what argument you’re putting forward for why Apple is being hypocritical here. Because they distribute their own apps on the Play Store they should required to implement all of the same policies that the Play Store does on their own App Store?...