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Old 07-30-2011, 10:10 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
I think it's one of Apple's more stupid moves. They want 3% of all sales and weren't getting it. They forced the issue and now.... They still aren't getting 3% of sales and folks are still reading on their Kindle and Nook apps. What next? Ban the ebook apps?
This is my thinking, too, and it's a bit odd overall. Apple MUST have known that Amazon/Nook/etc. would just pull the in-app purchasing rather than pay. Is Apple thinking that THIS -- not being able to buy in-app -- will be the key decision in terms of whether people shop from iBooks or somewhere else? Because, if so, Apple surely must realize that many, many users join a bookstore ecosystem for the eInk device and just use the tablet/phone app to keep synced.

Or did they really think that this would be a worthwhile profit maker from the little apps that couldn't afford to just turn off buying? I can't see it -- the measly amounts of revenue they generate cannot possibly be worth the bad press and customer frustration.

I just don't understand Apple sometimes.
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