Comment on Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cutparentComments−nomurrcy15ySo microsoft would be within their rights to take a 30% cut of all cash flows from subscriptions made using internet explorer?What about 30% of all sales of Windows Software?Where does the ownership of the OS author end and the ownership of the 3rd party developer begin?What if Apple insisted upon 50%?−sethg15yIIRC, each video-game console manufacturer charges royalties to all games that are compatible with its hardware.
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So microsoft would be within their rights to take a 30% cut of all cash flows from subscriptions made using internet explorer?
What about 30% of all sales of Windows Software?
Where does the ownership of the OS author end and the ownership of the 3rd party developer begin?
What if Apple insisted upon 50%?
IIRC, each video-game console manufacturer charges royalties to all games that are compatible with its hardware.