Comment by Nursie
> I'm not really mad at companies for doing this
I am, regardless of the effect on individuals, it skews the market away from smaller entrants and allows those that have reached enough of a size to be able to afford to play these games to leverage a huge advantage.
As well as killing local competition there's also the pure hypocrisy of firms such as Apple (and they're not the only offender) passing themselves off as some kind of moral authority whist at the same time aggressively refusing to pay taxes towards hospitals and schools in the local markets they operate in.
They can present themselves anyway they like but it does leave a bad taste in the mouth.