Quote:
Originally Posted by ficbot
Here's the thing, I don't think customers will care if the app makers continue to stay in the market. If, for example, Netflix raises their price by a dollar to make up for the 30%, I think a lot of people would grumble, but pay it and be happy. Where I think customers *will* care is if Amazon/Kobo/Netflix/Whomever suddenly decide to just pull their apps rather than pay the 30%. I could take or leave the ebook apps since I liberate, then side-load to wherever I please, but I admit I do enjoy Netflix and Zinio, and if I could not use it on the iPad, those would be deal-breakers for me and I would cancel my accounts with them---and greatly miss what what they add to my iPad use. So it isn't just is this a deal-breaker for Apple, it's is it a deal-breaker for everyone else.
|
That's why I would work around Apple if I were a content provider. If you can deliver your content without an Apple-controlled app, you could keep your iPad users, as well as sell to everyone else.
I dunno how many Apple users would be keen to sideload, by the way. Kinda undercuts Apple's convenience model.