[ghostwriter]

> That said, i dont see how paying the apple tax for the apps i buy is benefiting me at all, since i'm in Europe.

Do you see how VAT benefits you when you pay it when buying almost any product/service (including the ones from Apple) in your country?

I agree with your taxation stance though, because taxes are not voluntary. AppStore is, I can either pay for it and use it, or jailbreak it and use it, or walk away to open platforms and enjoy their freedom. And if there isn't one, I am free to organise with others and to build my own.

Besides, Apple doesn't want you to pay for it, it wants to get a fee from the developers who use the platform to profit from it. It's either developers who consciously put this burden of their fees on your shoulders, or there's a ridiculous law in place that doesn't allow the developers to put different price tags on different platforms, which results in higher prices for end users.

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Vatc added at point of sale so in theory there is some benefit.

Apple tax is aptly named because the analogy is good: it s mandatory (though not at gunpoint) , it s proportionate and arbitrary (might make sense if it was only on app sales, but why do they mandate a cut of subscription revenue? What do they offer in return?) and it s just too unjustifiably high