| no, because they are gatekeepers and they operate within countries that have laws and regulations Apple is not above the law... you cannot host pedofile stuff on YOUR platform because there are laws against it heck I use a private rail company that travels on the rails built by the other state rail company thanks to EU law they are better, have self check-in, bought double decker trains and the other train company laughed at them because these trains were designed originally for smaller distances it is of course much more economical and this state rail company just ordered the same trains the device and OS of Apple is like the rail tracks, people use them not Apple, and as long as they have that big marketshare they own the rails that developers MUST use Apple would have just said no, double decker trains are not secure, everybody has to use our secure design on our rails because we protect our customers monopoly hinders not just competitive prices but innovation too |