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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell If you purchase a book through iTunes Amazon does not directly incur those costs, Apple does. All Apple does is process your credit card, no more than any other POS system... you know what, I'm tired of ex…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell If you purchase through the App Store, why would Amazon need to charge you for credit card transaction and bandwidth when they themselves are not paying for those costs? But they *ARE* paying those costs..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Apple has stated that they want apps to offer both options. The rest of what you are saying is purely speculation with no evidence. No, what Apple is saying is they don't want people using their platform to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by penchanted There will be two options: 1) In-app purchase where, at a minimum, Apple is providing the payment processing 2) Out-of-app purchase where Apple does not collect any payment We are also guessing what ser…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell The title of that story is: "Apple's message to eBook vendors and users isn't yet clear, but points toward only in-app purchases" Which is completely wrong. What's wrong about it? Signs are all poin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell You could read your Kindle books online. It would work. Just not as well. Until Amazon launches their new store, you can't. www.amazon.com/kindlefortheweb
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Oh Amazon will certainly withdraw Kindle if the 30% level is maintained. They can sell on many devices, rather than one with no margins for them unless they increase costs by 43%. (we may get new pricing mod…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Apple have built a empire working closely with content creators, and providing them with platforms to profitably sell their content. But it has to be profitable for both parties. I suspect something ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Doctor David If they are using apple to get customers then apple should get a cut. Otherwise they are free to develop their own app store and charge what they want. You're missing the point. When you buy a kindle b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage The app store on the iPad is creating tens of millions of Kindle sales for Amazon. How much is that worth to Amazon? a) Zero? b) Nothing. c) Not a penny d) A tidy sum I'd argue that Apple is cer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Its not that simple. Its also a breach in security. If Apple allowed 3rd party developers to build their own purchasing stores. It allows nefarious software developers free reign to cause mischief and grief…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xsu If you use Safari, you weren't using the trading platform. and Amazon/B&N/Sony aren't asked to pay 30% in that case, are they? You're correct, however now Apple is saying that if you're going to use that ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vietgotrice are you that dumb? blah blah.... you can play any music on itouch ever heard of ripping cd in itune. or imported music. Well, what's stopping Apple from simply saying, "Going forward, only music and movi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella Apple wants iOS users to have the option to purchase in-app. YOU don't have to. You can go to Amazon.com and pay less. No problem. That's your choice. Apple's goal is to make in app purchases e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm Do learn the diffence between a software resale channel and an operating system. What am I missing? iOS is an *operating system.* The only resale channels we're talking about are Amazon/B&N and Apple (iB…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Do you feel its fair for Amazon and B&N to directly profit from the App Store while contributing nothing back to the App Store? Do you feel its fair for Apple's iTunes to directly profit from Windows us…
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Well this is certainly a sad state of affairs. Apple's pissed that competitors are skirting around their 30% cut by offering purchases outside the App Store, so now they're enforcing a rule that they were keen to ignore earlier. Talk about bait an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by troehl Why would a case have an opening for a SIM card? It's not like it's something that you really need access to. In the rare case that you needed to access it you would just take the iPad out of it's case... Exa…
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Anyone else besides me kinda feel iffy about Tap Tap Tap and Camera+? I mean, I don't believe Apple ever "banned" the app. Rather, they pulled the app because the developers thought they could sneak one past Apple and violate their SDK rules and d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SockRolid Big Brother is watching all of us. And Little Brother Google is helping him. So do you want Google to know what you search for (Google Search), what documents you're working on online (Google Documents), …