alt Hacker NewsHow far down does this go? Should I be able to contact the individual person who picked the specific strawberries in my carton of strawberries?
In the Walmart t-shirt example, should I have the contact info for not only the factory but the other suppliers who made the dyes, threads, cotton, the people who made the fuel for the harvester, the people who welded the tractor together?
Sure, maybe your idealist answer is yes, and on a conceptual level I can agree with that. But from a practical standpoint as the end consumer there is a stopping point.
My point is that Apple handles the money and the refunds, and they make all the software APIs. Completely closed platform. Why doesn’t the buck stop there? I feel like they pass along business responsibilities despite taking a large percentage of revenue.
If they’re going to pass on all those responsibilities for me then their cut should be more like ~5% to just cover transaction and platform costs.
> How far down does this go? Should I be able to contact the individual person who picked the specific strawberries in my carton of strawberries?
Down to the manufacturer of the whole product you're buying. In the case of your strawberries that would probably be the farmer.
> In the Walmart t-shirt example, should I have the contact info for not only the factory but the other suppliers who made the dyes, threads, cotton, the people who made the fuel for the harvester, the people who welded the tractor together?
No.
> Sure, maybe your idealist answer is yes, but from a practical standpoint as the end consumer there is a stopping point.
Of course there is. But you as the sole dev of an app are not at that point.
> My point is that Apple handles the money and the refunds, and they make all the software APIs. Completely closed platform. Why doesn’t the buck stop there?
My local electronics shop also handles the money and refunds when I buy a Dell. I can still get a refund directly from Dell if my machine breaks (not that I actually have a Dell). Yay reasonable laws.
The platform being closed and all the APIs being controlled by Apple are different problems that should be solved separately (which the EU is working on!).