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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Yes, but Amazon only has to pay 30% on what they sale via in app purchases. Apple doesn't get a dime of anything they sale via their website. Not a big deal. How many in app purchases do people currently make via the kindle app? (Hint the answer is zero) I just don't get the breathless outrage. Apple is offering a standard method of doing in app purchases and subscriptions. As far as I can tell, Amazon is more than welcome to continue doing business as usual.
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Seriously, how could Amazon and others take that chance? It would be much more convenient for users to buy in-app then to go to Amazon's website. So the danger of that happening would be very great. And for every user that buys in-app Amazon would be losing a truckload of money.
So at this point in the game there are only 3 options:
1.)Apple backs down
2.)Amazon and others pull their apps
3.)Amazon and others increase all their prices by almost 50% (remember, Apple wants 30% off the top, that means 7 USD would become 10 USD!)
I predict that Apple will back down -- though it would be good for everybody (most of all for Apple users!) if Apple went through with it, fell flat on its face, and this would end up really hurting Apple's sales. I think it is time for Apple users to tell the company that you paid for your devices and they belong to you. Or perhaps Apple will start selling usage licenses in the future. Same as DRM for ebooks. I am sure Steve has that idea in the back of his mind already.