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Old 08-11-2011, 05:34 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
I'm no specialist in anti-trust law, and my current knowledge is decades old at this point, but I think that a policy which has the effect of eliminating competition with iBooks would be vulnerable to anti-trust action. I might well be wrong, but I can see the line of proof & argument that could be made.

It's one thing to make things annoying for Kindle App users, but it's quite another to drive the Kindle App itself off the iDevices.
That quoted example, though, if I understand correctly wouldn't be a "No Kindle App Allowed" sign. (Although I think Apple is allowed to remove apps from its market at its discretion.)

I believe the user was speaking of the hypothetical situation where Apple says "If your app involves purchased content (i.e., books, music, etc.) that can be purchased outside the app (i.e., without Apple's cut), then the app must also allowed for purchasing inside the app (i.e., with Apple's cut if customers take advantage of the convenience)."

In this case, if Amazon has the HTML5 cloud reader in place, they would most likely yank the Kindle app from the store rather than re-institute in-app purchases that would then move the profits from Amazon to Apple.

I think that was the point of the poster, anyway.
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