If a city puts a tax on soda, so a gas station chain stops selling soda in their location within that city, but still allows customers to buy soda in their locations outside of that city, after which they are free to bring their soda into the city, is that tax evasion?
Because this is the same thing. Apple has a claim on a portion of in-app sales. If you don't allow in-app sales, you're not skirting around anything.
If it were, should Apple also have a claim to all existing sales done through a website on the customer's computer, then utilized on their iPhone? If I sign up for YouTube Premium on my computer, then happen to use my account on my iPhone, is that YouTube skirting around Apple's piece of the subscriptions? If not, then why is it any different if YouTube were to just not allow you to buy the subscription within the app?
I agree with you, but that's not how apple sees it. Theres plenty of cases where they have removed apps that dont allow you to make the purchase on their app, because they interpret it as skirting their rules.
That's not what they're doing, though.
If a city puts a tax on soda, so a gas station chain stops selling soda in their location within that city, but still allows customers to buy soda in their locations outside of that city, after which they are free to bring their soda into the city, is that tax evasion?
Because this is the same thing. Apple has a claim on a portion of in-app sales. If you don't allow in-app sales, you're not skirting around anything.
If it were, should Apple also have a claim to all existing sales done through a website on the customer's computer, then utilized on their iPhone? If I sign up for YouTube Premium on my computer, then happen to use my account on my iPhone, is that YouTube skirting around Apple's piece of the subscriptions? If not, then why is it any different if YouTube were to just not allow you to buy the subscription within the app?
I agree with you, but that's not how apple sees it. Theres plenty of cases where they have removed apps that dont allow you to make the purchase on their app, because they interpret it as skirting their rules.
Let's hope they do that to Elon, who has the resources to fight back.
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