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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Having said that, I'm really curious about the idea of an Amazon iOS app store - that would require a lot more flexibility and openness on the part of Apple than I for one am used to seeing. Especially as it goes against one of the greatest strengths of a curated environment.
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The problem is the OS doesn't allow arbitrary apps to run; that's why Apple doesn't do SD cards. To run arbitrary apps from an alternate market to run you have to jailbreak the iPxxx and then hope Apple doesn't strike back through a required app. (Like they're doing with iBooks--hardly required but already refusing to run properly on some liberated devices.) To set up an alternate app market for iOS (unlike Android) requires subverting Apple's OS and its terms of service. Legally actionable as well as unethical. It won't happen.
Trying to sidestep the rules isn't worth it. Not for Amazon, not for Kobo, not for B&N.
Their apps run fine today.
They shouldn't spend one red cent to change them or fight Apple on Apple's terms.
The iPxxx gadgets are package deals.
Apple wants it to be all or nothing, well give it to them.
Give them nothing.
It *is* their platform, and the customers *are* Apple's customers.
Apple thinks they *own* their customers and can rent them out for their regular 30% tax.
They think their customers will do whatever they say (insert metaphor of your choice) and will swallow whatever they dish out.
Why not find out if they will?
Again: do nothing. Let the chips fall where they will.