That's a fair point. I would argue that Airbnb/Amazon etc. also stop hosts/sellers from referring users to any other platform or their own websites. So that alone doesn't explain why Apple can charge more than those platforms.
> I would argue that Airbnb/Amazon etc. also stop hosts/sellers from referring users to any other platform or their own websites.
The difference is Apple's rule applied to your website and your support documentation and your monthly newsletters or any other communications, outside of their platform, outside of apps, all of which they forced developers to censor to ensure iOS users never saw any reference to any alternative payment options. I don't believe this is common at all, if it were we would have seen more cases brought against them once precedent was set by Apple that this was illegal in the US and EU.
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