Just one day after the CEO of Apple has testified before the US Congress for the Monopoly accusations, one more company has joined in that complaint against the company. Nothing more and nothing less than Telegram, our favorite messaging application, also thinks that Apple's performances they are bordering on illegality.
The 7 myths that according to Telegram refers to the commissions that Apple charges and for which it is accused of Monopoly
In a blog post that Telegram has open, the CEO of the social network has announced the reason for his claim against Apple and filed before the European Union. The post that has the title "7 myths Apple is using to justify its 30% tax on apps" intends to contribute your reasoning in his accusations against the American company. We wanted to highlight the most notable justifications.
Apple is justified that the 30% commission it charges developers is for the maintenance of the App Store. Pavel Durov, co-founder and CEO of Telegram states that this is part of the first myth. Every month the American company receives billions of dollars for third-party applications and that it is much more than you need maintenance from any app store.
Another of Apple's justifications is that with that money it can be reinvested in better iPhones. Here, Durov is much tougher. It states that “Apple does not innovate, just copy what is from others. You don't need that much money for it. It doesn't spend that much money on R&D, basically because it doesn't. ' Harsh words, not only thrown in the second myth, but also in the fourth numbered block says: "Without third-party applications, few people would buy an iPhone in 2020." "For consumer service developers, the arrival of the App Store was a change for the worse."
Myth 6, in my opinion, is where the Apple CEO digs into the open wound or hits the nail on the head, as they say. Apple's commission is the same as Google, however unlike the first, with Android we can install third-party applications from markets other than the Play Store, so developers can enter that market risking not paying that commission. This at Apple is unthinkable.
We will see how this soap opera ends. Not only between Apple and Telegram, because the former is receiving lawsuits from various companies.
