Welcome to the real world and capitalism! So, how's life in your universe? Stuff's still free?
They have a patented service, they can put prices as they want. After all, it's not an open source platform and they make the terms of use! We may not like it but it's that way. I just never get why people get so inflamed as if someone spat on their faces!... if you don't like it, don't use it, jailbreak the thing or make your own.
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Originally Posted by CommonReader
Load of nonsense. Apple isn't "offering" a service, they are forcing everyone who want to provide an app to use their "service" and to hand over a substantial part of their profits. It is one of the most blatant examples of abuse of a strong market position you can find. It is not difficult to imagine the outrage if Microsoft had required all vendors of software to sell their software through Microsoft's own shop only. Yet with Apple such an extortionate business practice has a substantial number of apologists. Unlike Amazon they don't even offer a cheaply priced device and the 3G connection to deliver the content. Apple made a substantial profit by selling the hardware, they may get an additional kickback from the provider of the 3G service and finally they want to have a substantial share of the profits associated with apps, even if their "service" doesn't amount to more than granting an arbitrary access to their "store" and to offer a very small download service.
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