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In a way this is kind of like a kill switch. I guess it is really not much different than software that does a version check on your OS and refuses to run if the OS version is not one that it supports. But the reasoning behind it is a little malici…
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what they are saying on plain English is "Do you want 5% of $1 Trillion or not?" Any whining about how much they should or should not have been paying in taxes is irrelevant as they are only playing by the rules the assholes we voted into congres…
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Quote: Originally Posted by flthere Countries and USA have bilateral agreements on avoiding dual taxation. So a person/corporation who earns $xxx in US pays tax on that earning and the same person, if he/she earns $yyy in, say Australia, pay Auss…
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I really don't see a problem with this. I would rather the money go back to the shareholders so they can spend it on fast women, the best booze, expensive cars, cuban cigars and big yachts instead of wasting it on taxes. Becuse we all see what happ…
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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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Possible reasons: It was launched right after the holidays. People were actually caught off guard with no months of lead time to plan how to save up money, get out of their existing contracts and sell their old phones. It's basically the …
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so like a normal guy, Steve is just taking some sick leave to do some chores around the house.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot What you really hear is Apple saying is lets support developers. Jailbreaking is the way apps are pirated. Not all people with jailbroken iPhones (?) steal software but per news reports there are enough of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by InLightOf The assumption that publishers will just hike up the cost of the subscription 30% to offset the Apple tax is wrong. The actual hike would have to be ~43% to bring back the publisher income back to pre Apple …
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Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb No. If Apple takes 30%, their gross margin is 70%. Netflix does a ton of Google and other advertising. My bet is that all that advertising takes almost a big a chunk of revenue as Apple does. Being in t…
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you can't make up a loss with volume sales unless your cost structure changes. I don't think the studios give Netflix volume discount on the number of movies they stream. And ISPs like have started making them pay extra to reach their customers so t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JPDLVMH Developers forget to mention that although they pay a hefty 30%, they have no advertising costs, no distribution costs and their app can potentially be purchased worldwide. That's also worth a lot of money... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc Fact is that some of these "too big to ignore" companies are freeloading on THE ONLY WORKING MOBILE platform on the planet. The real fact is these companies are adding value to the platform and directl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by studiomusic One more time publishers: YOU CAN STILL SELL YOUR STUFF HOW YOU ARE DOING IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO ADD THE OPTION OF SELLING IT THROUGH APPLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SELL THINGS ON THE APP STORE. REALLY. IF YOU DO…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht That's an interesting migration from the 1st sentence to the last sentence. But the answer is yes because right now it looks like the only grocery store that this is going to seriously impact is the one that is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez Apple has backpedaled before. I suspect they'll do it again. Hubris eventually demonstrates its bounds. It's very true. The iphone was a very successful product when it was launched in 2007 but it bec…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hatunike How about you walk into a wal-mart and try to open a minishop aisle and not pay anything to wal-mart. GADZOOKS! Why has NOONE thought of this!?!?! Think about it, its a great location, people are there to shop…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht If a large percentage of Kindle books are read on the iPad then Apple certainly incurred costs in developing the ecosystem to promote someone else's bookstore. It's kinda like building a nice outdoor theater w…
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I think people are missing the point that this is 30% off the gross transaction not the net. Even Uncle Sam doesn't tax you on the gross.. you get to offset your costs first. This is on top of every arrangement the publishers have already made to pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tbsteph I find the "newly" enforced "rule" to be nothing more than a money grab by AAPL. Vendors such as Netflix and Amazon have helped to build the App Store ecosystem that has pushed the sale of Apple products. Now…