Comment by dwaite

Sure, if Google wants to start a business model where your websites only load if you sign a business agreement and agree to commissions.

However, regulators would probably take note that Google has been aggressively pushing their browser for free for over a decade to gain market share, and have a field day.

The difference is that Apple's business model hasn't changed - you've always been restricted to distributing apps under a business agreement, and the conditions on commissions have been pretty consistent since inception, or at least since IAP was added in 2009.

"What ifs" about Apple charging 30% for bank transactions would run afoul of regulators. This is about consuming member-exclusive goods and services in-app, which again has been in the contract terms since 2009.

Goods and services consumed outside of the app (such as purchases of physical items on Amazon, or plane tickets or the like) are actually forbidden from using in-app purchase and do not have a commission rate.