Why did Durov and others take up arms against Apple?

Why did Durov and others take up arms against Apple?

Investing.com — Telegram founder Pavel Durov has contributed to a collection of outraged voices that accuse Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of abuse of monopoly power.
«Apple and Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) impose an insane 30% sales tax on all digital goods sold on every mobile phone in the world. Result — users pay higher prices, startups and entire industries are collapsing or simply not emerging. Regulators have been ignoring this absurdity for 10 years», — wrote Durov on his Twitter.

However, he is not the first and not the only one to blame for this. «apple» company.

In March, Rakuten, a Japanese video streaming company, filed a lawsuit against Apple with the European Commission for placing a Japanese company's Kobo service on the App Store, which allows users to read e-books. Like Durov, the Japanese service complains about the 30% commission Apple charges on any App Store purchase..

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The European Commission is currently conducting two investigations into Apple. On the one hand, she assesses whether the App Store is compliant with antitrust and competition rules. With another — how compliant with the legislation is the fact that the contactless payment module installed on the Iphone and Ipad can only work with the Apple Pay system, which allows the company to put forward conditions for the use of this system to stores and websites.

In response, Apple accused several companies of filing frivolous complaints and criticized the European Commission for following their lead.. «It is sad that the European Commission is promoting baseless complaints from several companies that just want „ride without a ticket“ and don't want to play by the same rules as everyone else», — said in a statement Apple released on Tuesday.

Durov, not hoping for the decisions of regulators, offered users an easier way out of the situation.. «Just copy how apps are installed on desktops», — advised the founder of Telegram.

He also noted that Google has the ability to install programs on Android outside of Google Play, so he uses this platform, but Google is trying to complicate this process.. «Sadly, Google is trying to make installing third-party apps more difficult in Android 11. These companies can't get away with restricting the freedom of billions», — wrote by Durov.