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Originally Posted by scrapking
Keep in mind that the Kindle Fire is a loss leader, whereas the iPad is a high-margin money maker by comparison. It's easy to take markesthare with a loss leader, but harder to convert that into profit through add-on sales (though it's definitely possible).
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That's a good point. I read somewhere recently that although the sales of the iphone represent 35% of the market, apple gets 80% of the profit generated by smartphones.
I don't know about your last sentence, though - the whole point of amazon selling the Fire as a loss leader is to generate sale of add-on amazon content.
All I know is - I'm glad they're selling a lot of them so that it's bound to get decent support from developers.