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tallest skil wrote: » Such a pity that people who say this have no idea how this stuff actually works. Such a pity this place is infested with people who have to make personal attacks.
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Such a pity it's not "Production ramp of Apple's next-gen MacBooks creating labor shortages in Texas". Or similar.
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AppleInsider wrote: » All third-party browsers for iOS must be based on WebKit, Apple's open source browser engine. Is this true? What about Opera... I didn't think that was webkit.
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I would expect a minimum price of $350. Yet why do it? Apple already has great products and making a smaller form factor would lower sales of the more profitable higher value parts. 50% of $500 is a lot more than 50% of $350. Moving that way m…
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constable odo wrote: » Greasing the axles might get a little better valuation out of Apple. Apple has enough money to spread around, so I don't see why it doesn't spend more than Google. It might help Apple get a few more devices in the governme…
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frankie wrote: » Lobbying should be illegal and tax loopholes should not exist. Period. Let's have a nationwide vote on it and see what happens. I guarantee is would be 99% to 1% in the results... While 99% of people may agree with you (…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NeoTheta Many readers confuse Apple's most favored nation clause to conclude that it means that other retailers cannot sell books for less. This is wrong. It means that the vendor (in this case the publishers) agre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TBell Let us say you were charged with a serious crime that you didn't do. The prosecutor says you have two choices. The first is to plead guilty to a lessor charge whereby you will see no jail time and maybe pay a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dickprinter I'm not attacking you personally ... and.......speak intelligently. Please learn the meaning of the word hypocrite.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dickprinter At first I thought it was a typo but since you did it again I know it's not. You're complaining that Apple's iPad and their alleged collisional actions now make you pay more for your ebooks. One would t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MGLeet But to me and my ignorance, it seems like publishers have the right to set prices for their content. We can blame publishers for getting the prices raised and Apple for holding their hands along the way, but I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse You know, books aren't just about readers buying them, there are also these people called writers who create them. On the path Amazon is taking the publishing industry, fewer and fewer of these writers, you …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bsginc As I understand it, Apple told the publishers that they would pay the publisher of a book 70% of the proceeds from sale of the book, based on the price each publisher set for a book. Apple does not set the actua…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse This kind of short-term thinking represents everything that's wrong with this country. Readers might be paying a few dollars more for books, but Amazon's monopoly position in the publishing industry was unte…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX That's a pretty big accusation your presenting as fact without a single shred of evidence to back it up. Maybe the DoJ should also investigate the same agency model Apple used for their App Store because …
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Rather than letting the market sort itself out, Apple worked with publishers to make book pricing more expensive by denying Amazon the ability to sell books at the prices it wanted to. Sounds antitrust practice to me. Anyone was free to see book…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mrstep For a minute, I thought "how can they be including the gross sales numbers when talking about taxes - taxes are on profits!", but then remembered it's Europe. Corporate taxes are on profits in Europe too. S…
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iOS has needed better protection of user data for a while. Thankfully the Path event raised this to the level required to get changes made. I look forward to the improved privacy options that will be introduced on future iOS releases. There a…
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Apple and Reuters may think people will watch HD movies over LTE. The prices for data that AT&T, Verizon etc. charge will however kill that idea. HD screen means more data!
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider A new feature called BlackBerry Bridge... Good to see reporting standards here are on the rise.