> but Apple is not a monopoly and they have all the right in the world to tax developers.
1. "Apple" is a lot of things, and depending on how you define it (eg. internal app market, API provider, browser developer, etc.) they are absolutely a monopoly. It's not appropriate to say Apple isn't a monopoly because they do have monopoly power, pertinent to multiple markets.
2. Apple is owed nothing if they abuse monopoly power. Bell had "all the right in the world" to charge customers for rewiring their telephone, but it was also foundational in the case to break them up later. All the most famous American monopolies were also in denial up to the bitter end. Microsoft got away lucky, not also getting broken-up.
1. "Apple" is a lot of things, and depending on how you define it (eg. internal app market, API provider, browser developer, etc.) they are absolutely a monopoly. It's not appropriate to say Apple isn't a monopoly because they do have monopoly power, pertinent to multiple markets.
2. Apple is owed nothing if they abuse monopoly power. Bell had "all the right in the world" to charge customers for rewiring their telephone, but it was also foundational in the case to break them up later. All the most famous American monopolies were also in denial up to the bitter end. Microsoft got away lucky, not also getting broken-up.