Posts by EWTHeckman

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz Price fixing is an agreement between COMPETITORS. Thats the whole point I'm making. Ummm… You do realize that Apple and Amazon are competitors, don't you? As are Apple, Hulu, Netflix, Sony, and many...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz Amazon is not bound to have an agreement with apple at all. No, they're not. Engadget posted a chart showing Apple's app store market share for the past two years. At 87.2% last year, Apple is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz What exactly is stopping them from getting those same exact services through iBooks? As I argued in an earlier comment, they are perfectly free to attempt to negotiate a contract directly with Apple,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz As I interpret this, the "agreement" mentioned in all of those bullets is an agreement between competitors, where in the case of apples subscription policy this is not happening. Apple's App...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz Why can't a third party have a licence to read different formats and offer it as an ereader with no specific content provider? The content providers can sell from thier websites and offer no...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz So then price fixing does not apply in this case. This applies: Quote: Agreements to eliminate discounts to all customers or certain types of customers; Apple requires in app purchases prices be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz Why do content providers NEED native iphone apps? I mean the whole base of your points is predicated on the fictitious need to have a native app to view content on an ipad. This is not the case...

Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin No, as a user you can do whatever you want. Throw the damn device against the wall. Apple can say what a developer can and cannot do. Again, you're asserting that "right" without...

Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin 1) It's funny that no one brings up the fact that Apple does not allow 3rd party music sales. That's odd. I have more than 4,700 songs on my iPod. Only about 30 of them were purchased from Apple. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin Let me type this out, so YOU UNDERSTAND CLEARLY... Apple hosts all the content they sell through their own stores. All in-app content must be hosted on the developers own...