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Quote: Originally Posted by clarker99 Apple survived without Netflix, Hulu and books altogether. iTunes survived without the biggest selling band of all-time (The Beatles) and still are without Led Zep's catalog. If Netflix (etc.) go a differen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro No, you can disagree, but senseless harping based on self-serving entering arguments and lack of willingness to even acknowledge the facts on the playing field don't show a willingness to debate. if you aren't wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by newbee What Apple said: "All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app, .... so that customers can easily subscribe with on…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Well, that's just silly! You don't like what Apple is doing, so you hope that everyone else agrees with you as well. Fine. But what if Amazon and B&N have it worked out to their satisfaction? You want them…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It's not about whether they would be missed. Of course they would. But what would the actual impact be? I think it would be small, not large. It would be disconcerting though. But I think they will work wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I agree with what you've said except the part about greed. We know that Apple makes very little profit on the 30% they charge. That's not greed. That's wanting to cover their expenses, and insure that they do …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Publishers of content are used to paying far more than 30% to get access to market. For publishers its a no-brainer. The accountants look at the spreadsheet. Accountant 1: How much money will we make …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage It'll be interesting to see what happens. Like I said earlier, I think this will be an improvement for consumers and for publishers. The only losers are middle men, who want to exploit the platform for f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iBill This is bullshit, troll. Apple's providing one-click access to customers with credit cards who actually buy things, and lots of them. The idea that they are simply providing payment services and nothing more is b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage If a publisher with an e-book goes to Amazon they'll gain access to all of Amazon's Kindle readers - and that's great. But when Amazon re-pushes the content to the iPad, they are not really adding much va…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Apple has released their pricing model AFTER discussing a variety of options with the Content Providers. The model has been flushed out with the various markets of digital content. This isn't a pull i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc 9to5 Mac reports that OnePass will work with any device that has a browser. So... the question needs to be asked: what's stopping people from reading the content & books, watching movies and shows, e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Could you describe a scenario like this? C. The oft mentioned Amazon comes to mind. 70% to publishers, 30% to Apple, Amazon left footing the bill for hosting the content. Then there's Rhapsody who's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Apple have always promoted Web apps as the simple free un-curated way to get onto iDevices. But publishers who *want* to monetize their content will benefit from going through the app store. 70% of a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Shhh! Don't rock the trolls with their own logic! I love how anyone who disagrees with a move Apple makes is a troll. I have some different metrics to determine who's trolling. One of them is more than 3 cons…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage The revenue split is a great deal for publisher. They get to keep more money than publishing through other channels. And the iPad delivers a large number of active consumers. It's good for consumer too. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Onhka It doesn't matter. You can't use the new API to rent content directly through the iTunes store. And as Apple has posted in their press release, "?publishers can sell digital subscriptions on their web sites, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by matrix07 These outcries reflect how big Apple is, for good and for bad. And I think it's a bit overblown much like Antennagate. For example people talking about Amazon or Netflix pulling the app. Why should they? All …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht What rent is Amazon paying? The app is free. They still pay $99 a year (which I'll admit is trivial) and I'm sure the Kindle app has sold more than a few iPads.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jkichline I've been following Apple since before the iPhone. One thing I have discovered is they do nothing that hasn't been calculated in advance. That means that they have had their legal team review this to the poin…