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Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz You can choose to be intentionally obtuse if you wish, but I think most people following this thread will understand what I am getting at: with this change of rules, Amazon cannot make money from iOS users. Non…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Splinemodel The bluray license fees for the next 20 years will more than make up for it. I'd happily take a bet against that. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 several console manufacturers sell their devices at a loss during launch and for a period of time thereafter. Yes. I have worked in the games industry since forever. We all understand this. But as I unders…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NilsO Suddenly, my old PC laptop looks attractive again. Because I do not need to ask uncle Steve if it is OK to read my Kindle books there. Or I might start to look for alternative tablets. What you say makes sense…
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 cost of business; no surprise. What? Successful businesses make profits. Failing businesses lose money. The PS3, as a platform, has been a financial disaster for Sony. Partly this was caused by a nu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 I'm not saying all these services are leaving, but they definitly would be missed if they did. I didn't directly respond to this point. What I was suggesting that some services might leave, but the content c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 . I just like a good debate. Me too. What I like about these discussions is that time itself is the referee. In a month or twelve we get to see who is right. (If anyone). C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross But I think they will work with it. It's interesting that neither Amazon nor B&N has yet commented. So they must be evaluating it, working with the numbers, and even possibly talking to Apple. I also su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 I love your logic. "They still make money, so it's alright" In my example, Fox would probably go with a web app, but that's neither here nor there. They would not find Apple's terms reasonable. The only reas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 This isn't just about "middle men" either. If Fox decides to stream their channels online for a fee, are they a middle man? This affects everyone who wants to sell video, text, music, or any other content across m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 So we are back to the model of buying a book for every device we own? Great, I thought everyone said Apple was there for the consumer. Amazon does has a web app in the works though, so all is not lost. I doubt we'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 The oft mentioned Amazon comes to mind. 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 iPa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 Not if your other costs are greater than 70% of the sale. It may be a good deal for publishers who want to get in on iOS sales without developing a cross platform service, but it's a bad deal for cross-platform…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 As an aside, the Kindle example hardly applies. It really does. Apple have created a general purpose device which is capable of all sorts of content. Amazon have created a less flexible device - which is e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by joindup Hypothetical Situation: Under the new rules, if we added IAP and absorbed the IAP fees equally between us, this would result in: IAP issue sells for $10. Costs are $2. We give $3 to Apple. We give 75% …
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 There is a way out though. It's HTML5 (I guess it's just HTML now) and DRM free sales. Online video can be served through HTML5 sites and eBooks and other media sold DRM free could be read by any app that could re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Firefly7475 It's interesting to see you and Carniphage, both avid Apple uses, have two totally different and conflicting idea on the direction of tablets! I find that is the case in day to day conversations as well. …
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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. The one-click in-app purchasing is more co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 Well, if they can make $75M selling same stuff outside of iTunes (which is still more than what they are left with, after Apple cuts their share)... why would they stay? That's simply not what happens. The …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...997208194.html You are apparently not the only one thinking that way... Wall Street Journal is also thinking about possible antitrust issues. Doesn't the Amazon boo…