[Nbox9]

> all Apple has to do is give a >60% discount to their current prices.

[Arcsech]

If being forced to compete fairly requires them to drop their prices by 60%, I think that’s a pretty good argument that they’re not competing fairly at the moment.

[LexGray]

When you are competing against stores that require you to use their ad-tech framework to make up the difference it is a different equation.

The idea of billions of devices out there with constantly running background ad-tech frameworks horrifying to me. It would make the AirTags stalking seem like a joke if every phone secretly tracked every Bluetooth. Right now Apple is in the stream to say no to that.

The argument seems to be Apple should just lock down things even further to prevent it from happening…

[clusterfish]

They can also keep current exobirant fees and see how that works out for them, when their app store monopoly is inevitably legislated away.

They wouldn't be subject to legislators' interest in the first place if they charged reasonable fees.

[jshen]

Yes, because it’s an exploitative tax that only exists because of their monopoly on the App Store that houses nearly everyone with disposable income.