Seems like simple price-fixing isn’t the question when Apple enforces monopoly status. Apple gets to charge an exorbitant percentage, which 30% is in this case, because of that status.
I think consumer tech companies have been forced to not, for example, cancel warranties if consumers go elsewhere for service on their products, and the likes of Microsoft have been slapped back from using tech to force the vertical integration of their additional services and products on top of their underlying technology.
I appreciate your description, but don’t know that I’ve seen enough yet to know that the left is over-interpreting. I hope to have the time to take a peek myself this week.
No it isn’t exorbitant. It’s a commission to sell their product for them in Apple’s market. If they were to sell their product in a retail store, they would have to wholesale it. Typical wholesale cost of a retail software product is 40-50% of the retail price. 30% is a bargain for them.