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Originally Posted by stonetools
Er no, Apple distributes, hosts, and updates the apps. And Apple certaibnly is contin nuously involved in every sale on their IOS devices. After all, the sales happen on their devices.
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Let me restate:
Let's say I had an iPod touch with the Kindle app on it - and Apple shut down all the App Store servers for 24 hours starting tomorrow. I know it's unlikely to happen, but just go with me.
Even if the app store was down, people who already have the Kindle and Nook apps on their iOS devices would still be able to make purchases with the existing apps. The apps would work and the users would be able purchase books whether the app store was available or not.
This is why the App store and Apple's infrastructure do not have continuous involvement in all transactions.
As for the idea that the sales happen on a device they manufactured and sold is enough to somehow entitle them to a cut of the proceeds: That's a load of codswallop!
If I order pizza online using my cell phone, Motorola doesn't get a cut of the sale because I used their phone, Google doesn't get a cut because my phone uses their operating system.
One of my computers is a Mac: According to your logic, Apple is entitled to a cut of every Amazon order I make using that computer, because it's one of their devices.