Thread: NYT: Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:37 PM   #372
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There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut.

Read this article and get a grip on the situation.
Very good article. The highlights:

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Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation, all of which demand a far larger cut from game developers just to sell games for those platforms.

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is improper for Apple to charge a set percentage of revenue when a media source might not even be making much per sale? Again, let’s ask Amazon or the New York Times or Netflix about how much of their profits are eaten up by postage...Nobody should make money on delivery if the shipper isn’t also getting rich! Isn’t that a law somewhere?
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