> Imagine if in the past Apple would have had to pay 30% of their gross to Microsoft in order to be allowed to run their software on Windows.
iPod wouldn't have happened and Apple wouldn't exist today. Apple relied on the fact that most of its customers used Windows and that they got to transact for free on the platform. Heck, they didn't even need Microsoft's approval to offer iTunes downloads.
Think about all of the small businesses and startups that are getting snuffed out today by Apple's aggressive over-harvesting.
Some non-trivial percentage of Apple's $3T market cap owes itself to a system of feudalism and mafia-style tactics rather than innovation and product sales. Imagine of those dollars were instead represented just about anywhere else.
iPod wouldn't have happened and Apple wouldn't exist today. Apple relied on the fact that most of its customers used Windows and that they got to transact for free on the platform. Heck, they didn't even need Microsoft's approval to offer iTunes downloads.
Think about all of the small businesses and startups that are getting snuffed out today by Apple's aggressive over-harvesting.
Some non-trivial percentage of Apple's $3T market cap owes itself to a system of feudalism and mafia-style tactics rather than innovation and product sales. Imagine of those dollars were instead represented just about anywhere else.