So you also dispute fuel stations selling fuel for all car brands and would prefer fuel stations only supporting one car brand instead of the generic standard? And yes, this is the same. Why should BMW allow Exxon or Shell to fuel the cars when they don't get a sweet 30% tax for every refuel happening?
Considering the same company is often using the idea of free markets, yet does everything to avoid that free market where it can, the irony here is pretty strong.
As I wrote in the comment you responded to, I’m "not trying to defend Apple, just answering the question".
> So you also dispute fuel stations selling fuel for all car brands and would prefer fuel stations only supporting one car brand instead of the generic standard? And yes, this is the same. Why should BMW allow Exxon or Shell to fuel the cars when they don't get a sweet 30% tax for every refuel happening?
This seems a strawman argument to me. The situation is not the same at all: fuelling a BMW or a Mercedes car is exactly the same thing for the gaz station; all gaz stations sell the same oil; the road that brings all these cars to the gaz station does not belong to a car manufacturer; there are countless car manufacturers and not only two giants; etc. Can’t we reason about the situation without having to resort to dubious analogies?
Considering the same company is often using the idea of free markets, yet does everything to avoid that free market where it can, the irony here is pretty strong.