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Originally Posted by leebase
Via apps they distribute through Apple's store. If they have web apps or web sites then Apple doesn't take a cut. They can't distribute a free app that then just links to their website for the transaction to take place as a way of cutting Apple out.
What Amazon will have to do is remove that in app link to their web site.
Lee
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I can make arguments both ways for Apple getting a cut, so I understand your POV.
Let's say that Apple is entitled to a cut, for the sake of discussion. If that's the case, it should also make clear to hardware buyers that what content access they have today, they might not have later. That way, hardware buyers know going in: They can be left with iDevices that suddenly don't do what they bought them for. And there should be some kind of remedy for people who've already bought iDevices and are now being affected because of Apple's change of enforcement.
I'm not saying Apple is legally obligated to do this. I'm saying that those are the kind of business practices that I can at least respect as a consumer. What Apple is doing now, IMO, is telling hardware buyers that they cannot count on iDevices to deliver.