Honestly, not matter how you put it, forcing others to come to you in order to be able to do their things is uncool.
How would you react if you had to request an authorization to buy an ice-cream from some authorities, for the sole reason 'they can'?
TAZ was never bothered by the Malteses because they didn't restrict in any way the traffic using the Barrier pass. It's the reason at the root of the neutrality between those two entities.