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>That's literally only 23 minutes of 2022 revenue lost

Right, because apple is a conglomerate that does much more than just serve ads.

>despite the fact that they likely made way more than $8.5M from doing it.

What makes you think that?

> If a person steals $100, they could spend a decent amount of time in jail for it.

Realistically speaking in most parts[1] of the US you won't get any jail time unless you're a repeat offender.

[1] saying this as a hedge in case there's some crazy judge/sheriff somewhere that's bucking the trend.