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Apple has always thought of itself as the kind of company that empowers creative people to do their best work. But now, through its App Store policies, Apple is one of the main barriers to independent creators thriving on the internet. Too much control, taste, and value extraction can break a platform, writes [Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and [Yash Bagal*. They take issue with: Requiring all payments for digital content to use Apple’s in-app purchase system (IAP) Their 30% take rate on IAP is too much intermediation of the relationship between buyers and sellers.