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Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

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432 points nobody9999 | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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amelius ◴[12 Dec 25 17:58 UTC] No.46246687[source]▶
Why didn't Microsoft, back in the 90s, have an app store that businesses had to pay for to sell Windows applications in?

I mean, it's certainly not for lack of business insight. And you don't need the internet to sell applications.

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1. jrowen ◴[12 Dec 25 19:51 UTC] No.46248034[source]▶
It could be argued that it was part of "embrace, extend, extinguish" to attract developers to the platform by keeping it open. They would just figure out how to capitalize on anything that got big enough, much like Google.

Apple really pioneered the walled garden (which I would assume was previously taken to be shooting yourself in the foot), and it's proven to resonate with the wider less tech-savvy population.