True; except that the iPhone didn't allow apps from anywhere, at all.
Consider damages, from a legal perspective. Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your proprietary 3D Printer? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your dishwasher? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for an ecosystem which is, and was, always closed?
No, no, and (currently) no.
You absolutely can claim damages though for building up an ecosystem that then turns into a bait-and-switch. Case: Android.
Edit: Also, the commenter below is wrong. Steve Jobs talked about the 30% cut in the very introduction of the App Store. The 30% cut was also required on all in-app purchases, but by a legal agreement instead of an automated collection method.
As someone mentioned, the app store started without a 30% cut so they also baited and switched. The only difference is that Apple won the case because Justice works like that. Different judges and it would have lost too.
Except the App Store was announced 16 years ago and the 30% cut was definitely part of the announcement. There’s a whole slide with Steve Jobs discussing it 3 minutes in. The other commenter was mistaken.
Consider damages, from a legal perspective. Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your proprietary 3D Printer? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for your dishwasher? Can you claim damages, because you can't write apps for an ecosystem which is, and was, always closed?
No, no, and (currently) no.
You absolutely can claim damages though for building up an ecosystem that then turns into a bait-and-switch. Case: Android.
Edit: Also, the commenter below is wrong. Steve Jobs talked about the 30% cut in the very introduction of the App Store. The 30% cut was also required on all in-app purchases, but by a legal agreement instead of an automated collection method.