[patanegra]

One company's margin, is other company's opportunity.

[ulrikrasmussen]

The problem is that Apple owns the platform and half of the mobile ecosystem. You can't just launch a competitive marketplace which could compete alongside Apple's app store, nor can you launch an alternative operating system. You have to launch a whole new smartphone stack complete with operating system, app distribution and app ecosystem.

[Ylpertnodi]

Or not use apple.

[eviks]

Indeed, that's why the former blocks the latter: not to lose margins to those opportunities