A federal appeals court just dropped a bombshell quote: "The power to tax involves the power to destroy." This wasn't some abstract legal theory—judges were calling out how Apple's 30% commission acts as a gatekeeper, essentially weaponizing fees to crush rivals before they even start. When a platform can tax its way into controlling who survives in its ecosystem, we're not talking fair competition anymore. That's market dominance dressed up as business policy. The ruling cuts straight to the bone: excessive platform fees don't just extract revenue, they eliminate alternatives.