[tasssko]

A better analogy is the game is like a ride at a theme park. The theme park was built by Apple. Many companies can make games/rides for the theme park but must pay a share of revenue from each customer going on rides. You can go on a ride at the theme park but you pay an entrance fee for the theme park and you pay to go on the rides.

[krtkush]

But what if there are only 2 theme parks in the world and ride makers have no option but to comply with whatever rules these 2 theme parks come up with?

[gigatexal]

In this world, yes. There are only two that have risen to the top because the market (you and me and everyone else) voted with our wallets to create them.

[arvinsim]

Are theme parks essential to your daily life?

Because that what smartphones has become.

[gigatexal]

Bruv, it's an analogy... people are so pedantic smh

[tasssko]

Fortnite essential to daily life?

Actually nothing on my phone is essential to daily life.

[realusername]

That's the same issue with this analogy, unlike the theme park, the phone owner isn't Apple, there is no way around it.

Additionally, maybe we should have higher standards for technology which a good chunk of the world economy is relying on rather than applying some entertainment standards.