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Originally Posted by SharkLaser
Why would you base an entire business on hoping Apple continues to allow you to profit from their platform for free?  That just seems a bit silly. It was hardly unexpected that Apple would want a cut.
It's Apple's platform, ultimately. So it's their rules. They could be like Amazon if they really wanted, and shut off all competition on their platform outright.  |
Well, Apple was always happy to make money using someone else's "platform" for free. I would have liked to hear Jobs' whining if Microsoft had demanded 30% of all sales made via iTunes running on MS' "platform" Windows-PC. It is quite ironic that Apple, which cultivated the role of an underdog for years, being the supplier of choice for media people and all those who considered themselves to be apart from the mainstream, displays more rapacious business practices than MS at its worst. It fits the picture that the first newspaper that is made exclusively for the iPad is published by Rupert Murdoch's right wing Newscorp. Bill Gates spends his time improving living conditions in the Third World now, while Jobs seems to be bent on piling up money until he kicks the bucket.