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Quote: Originally Posted by Menno The 70/30 does have stipulations, but if you look at the "Best seller" lists for kindle, most of the apps fall in that range. the split doesn't change to quite 30/70 after that, but it is higher. The problem is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht Apple can cut a deal with Netflix and pass them some cash to have the Netflix app on the aTV. I've been thinking about that... if Netflix tells Apple to f-off, and pulls their service from Apple TV, that would b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MattRebs How much does Apple charge Google for the YouTube app, and Maps app in iOS. These are Apple designed apps with a Google backend. The question should be, how much does Google or Netflix charge apple for access …
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Quote: Originally Posted by matrixskp Most magazine apps are free for the first issue or have a 'reader' App that is free. Where do publishers expect Apple to make money if they are only providing free hosting and bandwidth for each and every iss…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Sacto Joe 11.13 puts a different complexion on things. It appears to go beyond removing links to external websites. It appears to say that iAP must be part of an app if an app reads purchased content. That means th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Companies will make plenty of money or their business models have bigger problems than this. Stores that sell content that is owned by others -- rightsholders -- have a very established, predictable busin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John F. Is this only for publishers, or also for content distributors? The question is, does the uptake of subscribers via in-app outweigh the costs of 30 percent? Maybe publishers would like a higher take, but what…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Yeah, right. Since Amazon's contracts with book sellers prevent Amazon from raising its prices wholesale, and Apple's rules prevent Amazon from charging more for in-app book sales, and since Apple's ne…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Haha I know what Amazon should do. Add 43% to all books on it's servers that are also on iBooks. Across the board. This is not in violation of Apple's laws so they would stay on the platform. Amazon isn't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Not really the same thing at all. Think of Apple as a distributor, not a credit card company. Apple's not the distributor if I buy a book through a Kindle app. Apple isn't storing the file, checking the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by yuusharo I can see three outcomes to this ploy by Cupertino: One, everyone leaves the app store and customers are left angry and outraged - not at Apple, but at those companies for not being on their shiny new toys …
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Apple's in-app purchasing tool has a limit on the number of items applications can offer for sale. In fact, it's only a few thousand -- maybe 4,000. Amazon sells hundreds of thousands of titles through its Kindle Store. Who gets to determine which o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson But credit card companies provide transaction processing ONLY. Apple provides so much more, at least that's my opinion (as an iOS developer). Apple provides much more to app developers who sell their sof…
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Apple could continue to "sell" third party software in their stores through a keycard system. Microsoft already does this with installations of Office 2010 for Windows. Instead of buying a boxed product, you buy a giftcard like card, download and in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xsu Amazon can always choose not to have an App if they find it unsustainable. Apple taking 30% out of Amazon's sale price would render a large percentage of books unprofitable for Amazon -- between Apple and the ri…
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This is the first thing Apple has done with it's iOS policies that has upset me. This is not fair, and in the end, it is users who will get hurt. Arguing that Apple deserves a 30% cut of every book Amazon sells that ends up on an iPad is complet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freshh20 To bad you can only look at images, like a video game, instead of being able to experience being in it. TRON is not real. There's nothing more "real" or more "american" about living in the country than livi…
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I, too, have almost 300 songs that I have not been offered iTunes Plus upgrades for yet, including some of my favorite songs. What irritates me is that when I check, the songs *are* available on iTunes, but I'm not being offered the chance to upgrad…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cxc273 Why on earth would Verizon need an ad agency to do an iPhone promo? I mean, seriously, all they need to do is put up signs that say "Verizon + iPhone." That's it. Hell, they can have kids do in crayon and constr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stevie Did you make that up? I like it. Thanks! It's my very own neologism!