[ghusto]

> Isn't the principle that parties entering into an agreement voluntarily and with competition get to set their own prices?

Yes. Though since this is voluntary in the same way that having internet access is "voluntary", I'm going to say that isn't relevant here. Similarly, there is competition in the same sense that you have a choice of more than 2 parties to vote for.

> How are we to decide what number is right?

Don't know, but I do know that 30% is wrong.

If there really was competition, and this was voluntary, there would be no way they could charge 30%.

[kepler1]

I guess developing an app on iOS for sale at a healthy profit margin just became a fundamental human right.

[ghusto]

No. Though I _would_ like to live in a world where there is true free market — i.e. not the way capitalism is practised in the U.S.A. When you don't regulate the market, you end up monopolies like Apple. Nobody is able to compete fairly, and we lose out.

I don't know how you came to "I guess developing an app on iOS for sale at a healthy profit margin just became a fundamental human right.".

[kepler1]

Apple is not a monopoly, and the court agreed with that.

Maybe you should more carefully examine what exact market you're talking about.