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>I really can't feel sorry for Apple.

And that's exactly where you're looking at this wrong. it's not just Apple that loses out because of this, it's consumer's at large.

Likewise, the same thing happens with apps, consumers must pay more money for apps which will have less revenue to invest in themselves.

That's the thing about unfair economic practices, it never just hurts the people directly involved, but also the massive amount of people indirectly involved.



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