Saying "they got their share already" is not whataboutism. Money is fungible and debts cancel out.

pointless, yes. Entertaining, also yes.

Regardless of my whataboutism, I still think tax is an very apt description of what the Google Play and App Store fees effectively represent. I would be happy to call it a fee if the stores would actually allow effective competition. But as it stands right now, the "government" like behaviours make the wording tax fairly accurate.