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Old 07-27-2011, 03:03 PM   #138
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You are right-I apologize for "childish rant" in the first instance.

I think Apple's policy is short-sighted and inflexible in this case, and doesn't reflect the fact that the eBook market, unlike music, TV, and movies, is still in its infancy. I think the iOS App Store has become unwieldy as it tries to deal with apps, in-app purchases, apps with music, apps with TV, apps with books, etc.

One size, one policy, doesn't fit all.

But I agree with MurrayPaul that it's not so much malice as it is indifference as far as Apple is concerned-they just don't see the eBook market as that big a deal right now. Last quarter, Apple's *profits* were over US$7 billion-Amazon's entire *revenue* was US$9.9 billion, with supposedly the entire Kindle/ebook portion being less than 10% of that, and we of course have no idea how profitable a market yet it is for anyone.

Anyways, in my experience, Apple doesn't usually go out of their way to make things more difficult or inconvenient for their users without a good reason. I just don't agree with this reason
Well first of all I accept your apology and I also confess to being overheated once or twice on this subject myself. In fact I posted an apology to MurrayPaul and others on another thread although the same topic, earlier this morning.

I really don't have any issues with your logic or the statement that it wasn't about intentional malice. Companies don't normally act with intentional malice towards their customers and I don't think Apple is trying to be the first.

I do think short-sighted and at least a degree of arrogance are appropriate assumptions to make about the decision. I think their attitude is "some of them won't like it, but they will get over it." and I think that will ultimately be listed as one of their mistakes. I am also concerned about the long term consequences of this actions as in; will other companies follow their lead now having Apple to use as their scapegoat.

Time will tell

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