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Originally Posted by Alpha_Cluster
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btw Apple wont remove other book apps they wont need to since they will have a more rich experience and any of the book reading apps like the Kindle app will not cause issues.
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Do you have anything resembling evidence for that, or are you just stating opinion as fact?
For myself, much as I'd like to believe they'll open the platform to competitors, I don't think they will. Consider:
Amazon sells videos for watching on portable devices.
Apple sells videos for watching on portable devices.
Apple competes with Amazon by refusing to allow Amazon to sell their videos to users of Apple's devices.
Amazon sells mp3 files for listening to on portable devices.
Apple sells mp3 files for listening to on portable devices.
Apple competes with Amazon by refusing to allow Amazon to sell their mp3s to users of Apple's devices.
Amazon sells e-books for reading on portable devices.
Apple sells e-books for reading on portable devices.
Apple competes with Amazon by....
...nobody knows yet. But filling in the blanks with "refusing to allow Amazon to sell their e-books to users of Apple's devices" doesn't seem like a completely unreasonable guess.