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Originally Posted by anamardoll
That quoted example, though, if I understand correctly wouldn't be a "No Kindle App Allowed" sign. (Although I think Apple is allowed to remove apps from its market at its discretion.)
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What I was trying to get at is that Apple can't post a "No Kindle App Allowed" sign, nor can it do anything that has the same effect as posting such a sign, without running into some serious legal difficulties.
Apple's discretion runs into legal difficulties when it is exercised in such a way as to restrain competition. (It's not an open & shut case, though.)
I agree that your statement as follows correctly frames what the poster was saying...
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I believe the user was speaking of the hypothetical situation where Apple says "If your app involves purchased content (i.e., books, music, etc.) that can be purchased outside the app (i.e., without Apple's cut), then the app must also allowed for purchasing inside the app (i.e., with Apple's cut if customers take advantage of the convenience)."
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...but my point is that if the hypothetical became reality, Apple would, in effect, be posting a "NKAA" sign because of the economic outcome of the situation. The courts will see right through that.
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In this case, if Amazon has the HTML5 cloud reader in place, they would most likely yank the Kindle app from the store rather than re-institute in-app purchases that would then move the profits from Amazon to Apple. I think that was the point of the poster, anyway.
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Which is precisely the same thing, in outcome, as Apple posting a NKAA sign.
Personally, I think that Amazon had some back door discussions with Apple, to the effect that there would be A Great Big Lawsuit if Apple started enforcing its original policy, and after some dickering, they all agreed that Apple would back off a bit, & give Amazon some time to do the HTML workaround. If Amazon had sued & won, it would have resulted in collateral damage to Apple's overall objective of raking 30% off of every App transaction.
Just me, being cynical. What I see here just looks like the kind of outcome I would expect if my scenario were true.