By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026The US mobile tech duopoly takes 30 cents out of every dollar spent via an app, by forcing every app vendor to use their payment processors, which charge *1,000%* more than any other payment processor in Canada. 16/ 1260
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026That means that every time a subscriber to a Canadian news site signs up through an app, 30% of the *lifetime subscription revenue* for that Canadian subscriber is funneled to one of two California companies. 17/ 1211
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026The corollary, of course, is that if Canadian businesses were free to compete with US companies - if Canada stopped foolishly holding up its end of the bargain that Trump has dishonoured - then it would be as though every Canadian news outlet increased its subscriber base by 25% overnight! 18/ 1250
