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Old 01-27-2011, 03:34 PM   #76
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If they aren't being sold in the app store, how is Apple being ripped off?
That's like selling subscriptions to folks, but not delivering the magazine to them, but having them walk into Wal-Mart to take a magazine off the shelf.

Nothing nefarious about that.

But if you want to find inconsistency, merely point out that books are handled differently. Amazon and B&N (and others) are able to put a free reader in the App store -- and folks buy the books via the respective websites. And that's ok with apple.

I wonder at the definition Apple has that distinguishes the book practice from the magazine practice.

I have the free Olive Tree bible software on my iPad. If I buy from within the app, Apple gets their cut. If I go to Olive Tree's website and buy a book (the reader software is free, but you buy the bibles and books that the reader works with) -- Apple doesn't get a cut. And there are discounts on the web site that aren't available via the in-app purchase. Again, I wonder at Apple's definitions.

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Old 01-27-2011, 06:50 PM   #77
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If they aren't being sold in the app store, how is Apple being ripped off?
Apple delivers the app for free. The customer pays the company outside of the app environment.
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That's because the company can't deliver the app.
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Wrong. You cannot read it on an other dedicated device, but you can read it on a lot of other devices!
Like I said, different ingredients, same cake. If I want to play with Amazon, I have to pay Amazon. Apple is saying the same thing.

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