[crimbles]

Amazing everyone loves free market capitalism when it comes to taking fees for their SAAS. But when someone else takes a cut after providing the platform which is optional to join or utilise in the first place, that’s not fair and everyone wants the regulators in.

As an end user I really don’t want to buy from anywhere other than the App Store or pay a subscription through anything else. Why? Because prior to it existing it was more difficult to cancel subs than a hooky porn site.

The tech industry are two faced hypocrites. And attention seekers.

You don’t have to play in the market. It’s not like there aren’t other ones. Innovate. Create a new market. That’s what you keep telling us you do.

[rchaud]

> Because prior to it existing it was more difficult to cancel subs than a hooky porn site.

One click cancel on PayPal has been available for years. Also, doing something as menial as canceling a subscription shouldn't add a 30% tax to every single transaction. Apple charges that because it can, not because it's the cost of doing business.

[smoldesu]

> As an end user I really don’t want to buy from anywhere other than the App Store

"As an end user I really don't want to use any browser other than Internet Explorer"

You are entitled to that opinion, but having alternatives does not stop you from enjoying that. The existence of sketchy porn sites and alternatives App Stores in no way prevents you from boycotting everything besides the single platform you support.