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Originally Posted by leebase
The most likely scenario is that Amazon removes the in-app link to their web store. That would be no hardship for me. I too buy my books via Amazon for my iPad.
Lee
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Except that Apple *specifically* said that could not happen. If a company allows customers to buy content outside the app, then they *have to* also sell content through the app, giving apple its cut.
In other words, Amazon would not be allowed to have an app that allowed you to read its books, even if you couldn't buy anything through the app.
And of course it's pretty clear that Amazon can't give up 30% of the sale price of its books, as it doesn't make anything close to that on books. Leading to the fear that Amazon will pull the Kindle app. (And B&N and Kobo, too).
All of that is based on Apple's statements. Whether Apple really *meant* what they said is another question, of course.