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Old 02-26-2011, 01:57 AM   #168
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
@ Andrew H, Worldwalker

I think the difficulty is that both of you think of the IOS platform as purely an applications platform like Windows. Its not: its also a store. Similarly, the Kindle app isn't just a computer program: it's a store, operating within the IOS store. If you don't understand that, then you won't get it. Again, Apple wants exactlty only a cut of the sales made on its platform. Apple in fact said that it wants no cut of subscriptions or sales outside the IOS platform. Sales made outside IOS go 100 per cent to the seller.

I'm pretty sure they haven't said any such thing, and I bet they never will. We'll see come June 30.
What you have forgotten is that Apple tries to make it extremely easy for users to purchase in app (i.e. through Apple with them taking a 30% cut) and very difficult to purchase outside. Thus a lot of users would just buy Kindle books through the Kindle app. And Amazon and other ebook sellers CANNOT AFFORD to sell through the Apple system. It makes more sense to quit then to lose big on every sale. Rumors circulate about further restrictions to using content bought outside. Sure, it is all within Apple's rights. It just is a greedy and stupid move, a slap in the face of users and partners.

Sure, we will all see how it plays out. Apple cannot afford to lose all these valuable content providers. But every prudent prospective Apple buyer (for the purpose of reading books, newspapers, and magazines) will put his or her purchases on hold until the smoke clears. Coming March 2 we will probably know more.

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