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App Store, Hey, and Antitrust: An Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson

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Apple and Monopoly

In december of two thousand and 20 apple was responsible for 65 % of all pocket computers, or as we'd like to call them, smart phones. The amount of market power that apple has through the iphone is extreme in the us. So it gives them this outsized power to do these really abusive things,. Like saying you know what? A 17% of ap developers should just like, pay for the whole thing. How much does facebook pay for all that? A 99 dollar license.? And then oh, but i want to sella any mail service on that? If i am a million and how much do you have to pay for that? Oh, 300 thousands a year

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