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Originally Posted by Horemheb
The cost of Jack's reading for books he purchases in the afternoon:
Cost = Author + Copyright owner + Publisher + Retailer + Apple
Who would pay for the extra cost in the last example? Of course the customers! Only infinitely naive people would think otherwise.
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Except that Apple's rules state that the price cannot be lower outside the app, so Jack's cost of reading would be the same as or lower than Jill's. It is possible, yes, that all prices would rise to cover this.
However, the rules only definitely apply to subscriptions, not individual books, and in the case of subs Apple definitely are providing a service (purchase, renewal, support, refunds) not "nothing in return". Worth 30%? I think not. Worth something? Yes; Google thinks 10%.
Graham