"It's not Apple's fault they made a $1,000 smartphone a lot of people prefer to the $300 alternative."
From "Should Apple cut app store fees after Musk criticism?" which aired Thursday on CNBC:
Apple's app store is in the spotlight again after Twitter's Elon Musk claimed the company takes too large a cut of transactions on the platform. Should Apple CEO Tim Cook reduce the company's app store fees? CNBC's Jon Fortt joins 'Squawk Box' with both sides of the argument.
My take: Where have I heard these arguments before?
Unfortunately, both big App Factories and Eurocrats & Congresscritters think that Apple should provide its stuff for free, just because it’s that successful. In the latter case, it’s the attitude that “anyone making that much money must be cheating and it’s government’s role to punish them for their success.”
Answer 1) They get brand exposure for free.
Answer 2) They still make money through those venues.
Answer 3) Everyone would laugh.
The only case behind Musk and Epic and EU etc. is that Apple is the most successful company. There is no legal, economic, or moral case.
Writing legislation that targets digital store fees is going to be nigh on impossible. A law or regulation that is so targeted that it impacts a single company would be constitutionally illegal.
With this in mind, what is the state of the Fortnite lawsuit? And are there any App Developers out there that want to weigh in on this piece?