[yourkin]

Amazon (likely after many years of negotiations) got itself a better deal than individual developers? This looks to me like complaining that corporations can aquire goods and services in bulk cheaper than would be for a single person to get in a generic supermarket. I'm all for equality, but this looks like a good precedent that might open more options eventually. What is the backlash here against?

[vorpalhex]

Apple isn't bulk buying oranges. They're forcing developers to pay a non-optional tax if they want to target iOS which in turn hurts the consumer.

[Grustaf]

It’s not a tax, it’s like a rent. They built and run the ecosystem, you don’t have to be part of it if you don’t like it, it’s completely voluntary, unlike a tax.

[scarface74]

As opposed to the 70% that you were out of when you had to sell in physical stores.

[jariel]

"What is the backlash here against?" [1]

[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices