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Originally Posted by Piper_
Amazon et al are not asking Apple to be the middle man or allow them to use their infrastructure.
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Sure they are, they want to distribute apps via Apple's app store, but cut Apple out of sales by linking to their web sites from within the app.
That's like saying I want to set up a booth inside WalMart, but since I have my own POS machine to handle the credit cards, I don't need to pay WalMart.
Apple's iOS ecosystem (apps via the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) is not offered for sale as a general computer. It's a curated environment. You can only get apps onto these devices via Apple's app store. If you want to make money with these apps, you have to give Apple a cut.
If you don't like this setup, feel free to develop your own ecosystem or join someone else's.
Lee