Apple reveals road map to tax any business with an app at 27%world.hey.com 7 pointsabbe984 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−bell-cot4y[Briefly verify that Chase Bank, General Motors, etc. all have iPhone apps][Upvote tim33's comment about the author's lack of credibility and related shortcomings]−xiphias24y,,Apple has just revealed to the world how they might go from a $3T company to a $100T company: Just send every business dependent on an app a demand to audit their books, then mail them an invoice for 27% of their economic activity.’’−tims334yHe's not wrong about some of this, but DHH has lost so much credibility that he's not a particularly desirable public face of this fight.−xiphias24yHe got so many things right in the old Java enterprise times that it would be impossible to compete with his own reputation.Also by choosing to work less and stay small he limited his own power of influence, which is not a big deal actually in real life.
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[Briefly verify that Chase Bank, General Motors, etc. all have iPhone apps]
[Upvote tim33's comment about the author's lack of credibility and related shortcomings]
,,Apple has just revealed to the world how they might go from a $3T company to a $100T company: Just send every business dependent on an app a demand to audit their books, then mail them an invoice for 27% of their economic activity.’’
He's not wrong about some of this, but DHH has lost so much credibility that he's not a particularly desirable public face of this fight.
He got so many things right in the old Java enterprise times that it would be impossible to compete with his own reputation.
Also by choosing to work less and stay small he limited his own power of influence, which is not a big deal actually in real life.