It is unreasonable if they are not the one providing payment infra.
They already charge developers 100$ pa for the app store account. If that doesn't cover their costs, they can increase it, but going after 3rd party payments is pure greed.
Taxes contribute to providing services and infrastructure to the people. This takes money from the people and deposits it into the bank accounts of the wealthy. I see two very different things.
Guys, could you just stop buying Apple crap? They are just another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they are already making. They don't care about consumers' rights and would probably rather they were done away with. Giving Apple money is just giving the big bully money.
Every company you can buy a smartphone from is "another big company that will do anything to make money, no matter how much they're already making." This is an issue with capitalism, not just inherently Apple. Don't fault people for using the tool that works best for what they're doing.
I can and will fault them. Not every company you can buy a smartphone from is big. FairPhone exists, Murena exists, and if you look around you'll probably find more.
And even if you absolutely have to buy from a big brand, there's no need to give that money to the richest company on the planet.
You know that you don't have to declare copyright in every comment you make, yeah? All I can think of is the "Tryin' to make a change :-/" SMS signature meme.
I just bought a MacBook because I’ve been trying to do Linux for work but there are some things that just don’t work and I’m not interested in Windows. I’m turning into an Apple bro, someone help me.
You can use alternatives to Apple’s phones, tablets, desktops, headphones; but there is no Macbook alternative. It is just too good for mobile usage. Fortunately it ain’t restricted as iPhone’s.
If you're developing apps for Mac or making music, I can definitely understand. For sure there are reasons not to go windows and then you're just left with Mac, but many many people just look for excuses - or don't care about budding monopolies. I find fault with that 🤷