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by pb7 2099 days ago
Bad analogy. All of that stuff is paid for by taxes. All of the stuff offered by Apple is paid for by hardware sales and software fees.

You're closer to suggesting wanting to open a store in a town but refusing to pay property taxes, income taxes, and payroll taxes because you feel they're too high. You're welcome to go open your store somewhere else that doesn't have those taxes but presumably there won't be too many people that live there that would frequent your store and you know that.