The difference is, my dear Watson, that once you purchase a Puick, the Puick manufacturer does not incurr in any more expense. Got it?
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The difference is, my dear Watson, that once you purchase a Puick, the Puick manufacturer does not incurr in any more expense. Got it?
It never hurts the consumer unless the consumer has a sheep brain. The consumer does not have to buy it. If paperback is cheaper then you buy that until the price goes down on the medium you want. That is how I see things, no one told me when I was born I was going to get my way all the time.
So, if Apple sells one tier that works on iOS devices only and sell that only via in-app purchases/subscriptions and sells another tier that works only on Android devices and sells that only via the Android market place, Apple would disallow this?
You mean any given game for example could not be sold at a lower price on Android than on iOS?
i think it really depends - if you are a small time dev house or publisher, App stores offers the value of both ease of billing and exposure to their closed marketplace. If you are a big player (with an existing subscriber based or following and distribution mechanism) then of course Apple's value to you diminishes (and the 30% will seem steep).
On the consumer side, some consumer's want the convenience of a single billing mechanism (even at a cost), others may want to save money or their own control/freedom by going directly to a website or the publishers App or other clearing house - at the cost of send out (and managing) their billing info to various sources.
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I think Kindle and Netflix will bring plenty of people via their websites.
I wonder how will retail sites work for in App purchases tho. If I use Amazon's app to buy a book, is that an in app purchase.
Consumers are stupid. Look at the crap we watch on TV, food we eat, and products we buy. I mean really, do you need a 800 dollar cell phone?
Netflix already offers that. And they can't suddenly let Apple take a 30% cut randomly for no reason.
Geez, this whole thing is scary. iOS is half broken, but I still like it better than Android...but I hope Amazon, Netflix, and other companies don't cave to this nonsense. Pull your programs or go to court. I'll go buy a device from someone else if need be.
Does this marketing also apply to Kindle books or Netflix instant watch content? I don't ever remember seeing Apple offer a way to see that stuff in the App Store.
Apple is free to do what they want to do in their ecosystem. I won't argue that point. I just think it is crappy.
I will be interested in seeing how this all pans out. What makes things like the Kindle so enticing is the they buy once read (almost) anywhere. If we buy content through Apple will they still honor that? The T&C makes it seem like if what you are offered is tied to a real world item then you cannot offer it via in-app purchasing.
Do you see what you have done?
You are making sense, and a lot of folks in this forum don't want any of this common sense stuff!
How many apps are sold for Android devices and how many for iOS devices? That ratio tilted very clearly into iOS's favour.
And what is iOS's market share in the tablet market?
haha, well said same here, the children are mad they can't get it their way every time. Don't like the commission then pay google millions to advertise either way if you want to sell, at any price make sure your medium is worth the price, I am talking to you Time.
With all the things the ipad can do the only company to bring something out worth the money has been Fox or Murdocks company and that is a shame and disgrace.
In this situation the supplier has already sorted out their own supply chain. We're talking apps like Netflix, Sirius XM, Pandora, Kindle, and so forth that actually host, supply, and deliver the content without Apple at all. The only thing Apple does is host the program on iTunes for the initial download.
I don't understand your post. How would Apple make money if you bought a book off of Amazon.com?
You offend some consumers just like that, and in so doing, you identify yourself as a member of those you offend.
To get both grandmas watch their grandchildren do shenanigans live in FaceTime, this is worth the iPhone price.
Not sure is worth answering to you. Oh well...
If you don't like it cry to Uncle Steve. He's the one holding hands with NewsCorp.
Skype?
That is Apple's point. They want their cut (via forcing in-app purchases). Even if (in the case of Kindle) they didn't provide anything past hosting the original Kindle.app.
Wow.... amazing responses.
Do people really feel it costs Apple nothing to keep the iOS eco system together? Do they not understand how distribution works?
The people that are complaining about Apple taking 30% from customers that buy through iTunes is like complaining about any retailer taking profit from anything they sell.
Apple brings access to millions of new customers. They are in the right by asking to be paid for customers that purchase through iTunes.
My goodness... this is all so basic. I just don't get it?
Do people really feel it costs Apple nothing to keep the iOS eco system together? Do they not understand how distribution works?
The people that are complaining about Apple taking 30% from customers that buy through iTunes is like complaining about any retailer taking profit from anything they sell.
Apple brings access to millions of new customers. They are in the right by asking to be paid for customers that purchase through iTunes.
My goodness... this is all so basic. I just don't get it?
Doesn't matter. The legal definition involves the ability to fix prices.
Consumors and developers are both free to run away from iOS to a variety of other platforms. If Apple charged a $10 fee for every app downloaded that would happen without a doubt.
Not a monopoly.
The Kindle app won't disappear. Can't they just remove the buying books from within the app/link to safari feature? I'm sure most people wouldn't mind simply going to amazon.com themselves in safari.
How much does it cost MS to create and maintain Windows? They surely could charge you a percentage for every invoice you create and print with a Windows machine.
The Kindle store is dealing directly with publishers. It's not forcing subscription agregators out of business, because it's not a subscription platform.
A few do. But that is correct - only in the exact opposite direction to your claim. Most content businesses run on nothing like as high as a 30% gross margin. Netflix and Hulu don't.
More sales when you are losing money on every sale means a bigger loss. That is not good news.
Unless you have to pay eight dollars in rights costs per transaction to third parties who you licence your content from. In which case it's a dollar out of your pocket.
I think as an iPhone owner, lots of businesses won't. I think we'll see a massive pull of high profile services that millions of people use. And I think that's very bad news for customers.
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No, it would be like krogers getting a cut of the Magazine you just bought from their newsstand..
No, they charge per square foot per month, with the rate depending on location, and possibly with some rebate if your shop is one that attracts customers to the mall, plus water + electricity etc. If you are not selling well, it may be well over 30% of the purchase price.
Apparently Apple won't allow that-it has to be the same or cheaper, so Apple's more likely to get to skim off the top.
I don't know what a "Puick" is, but Apple doesn't incur any more expense either.
And yet amazingly Windows, OS X, and Linux have all survived for decades without anyone skimming 30% off the top of programs sold for them. I guess that's not possible, and actually there have been no PCs since they were introduced and quickly died out in the 70's.
You're not forced to buy things from Target if you don't want to, you can go over to K-Mart. You are forced to buy things from Apple if you use iOS.
Huh? Again, why do they have this right? Microsoft, Apple, and others brought in millions of customers on their PCs, and didn't try to skim 30% off the top of their developers while doing so.
It is quite basic. Apple is astonishingly greedy.