No, is not splitting hairs.
May Apple take a 30% of Toodledo or Remember the Milk subscriptions, may Apple take a 30% of Best Buy purchases through their app?
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No, is not splitting hairs.
May Apple take a 30% of Toodledo or Remember the Milk subscriptions, may Apple take a 30% of Best Buy purchases through their app?
I do believe this will effectivly kill the very shy blossoms of digital publishing coming the iPad. Apple is making so much money of the hardware, I just don't get why they would want to risk one of the biggest sale arguments they have.
Ups, the only way audio and video can be streamed securely through the web is via Flash or Silverlight. Ups, I think Apple doesn't have support for any of those technologies.
Apple takes your privacy very seriously. Be assured that Apple does not sell or rent your contact information to other marketers.
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20101203/apple-publishers-still-miles-apart-on-itunes-subscriptions/ <-----from December 3, 2010 regarding Apple wanting 30% from publishers and unwilling to give up data on its customers.
http://www.practical-privacy.com/2010/10/apple-moves-to-protect-privacy-of-iphone-users/
http://www.tosback.org/version.php?vid=352
Yes, Apple should have done it sooner.
They should have done it from the start.
iOS is a walled garden.
They have total control.
They can ban any app instantly.
Now, would you want to guess why they didn't?
It's rather obvious.
So you are saying, that every Record Label, Publisher, Distributor, etc, should pack in and close shop, because the only way to make profits in this future of yours, is for the content creator to sell directly to the consumer?
Have you any got any idea, of the investment necessary to produce content and market it? Specially during this transitional period where you have to continue producing both physical media as well as digital...
IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN in an instant just because Apple decided it was "The Time". At the moment, there are alternatives for this "Obsolete" businesses, and they will use them, at the detriment of Apple.
What can I say man? You live way further into the future than I do...
Again, I think precedent. They might be shooting themselves in the foot. Only time will tell.
thanks for that had a flick through the first 2 seem to relate to stopping third parties collecting your info (a good thing) but nothing about apple not doing something with it , the third is nearly 4 years old so if they still adhere to this is another matter
Yeah, I agree.
And I do understand it is an important subject for the appstore. I mean imagine selling a game subscription ..
I just don't agree with the way Apple went about it.
See my posts above that this has been no secret to the publishing world. Also, remember "the funny hat incident" when he met with publishers in New York a few years back before the iPad was revealed. I doubt he promised them a free marketplace then.
http://mobile-financial.com/node/3428
If it means I avoid the above, then all I have to say is Hallelujah!
Because there are two models for getting content onto the iPad.
One free, unregulated and based on open web standards.
The other curated.
It's not hard to understand.
C.
No worries.
Here is their privacy policy currently posted on their site. It looks pretty good from the customer point of view, at least to me. It's also one of the reasons I buy their products.
http://www.apple.com/privacy/
So, any guesses about WHY they didn't do it from the START?
Why would Apple say no to their 30%?
Why would Apple allow these companies to "CIRCUMVENT" and be "FREELOADERS"?
But then the answer is obvious, isn't it?
Any company that owns the rights to the content it is selling can make a ton of money by publishing on the app store. The 70% return is very generous compared to other distribution models. So if you are a publisher, a developer, a creator - this is a great model for you - and your clients.
The problem happens if you are a re-publisher. If you buy a bit of content for $1 and want to sell it on the app store for $1.05 - your model, which was predicated on free access to market, is unworkable.
Your solution is:
1) go back to your content source and re-negotiate your terms
2) publish to the web instead.
3) try to prevent your content source from publishing directly and cutting you out of the loop.
C.
Problem: Apple are being too stubborn with the 30% demand.
Solution: Sell your publications for a higher price through iOS than you do on competing systems.
Console games, for instance, are priced higher than their PC equivalents because of the license fee required by the platform holder from the publisher. In spite of this, the console market is a far greater sales success than its PC equivalent.
Solution: Sell your publications for a higher price through iOS than you do on competing systems.
Console games, for instance, are priced higher than their PC equivalents because of the license fee required by the platform holder from the publisher. In spite of this, the console market is a far greater sales success than its PC equivalent.
once again thanks for that as well,
there have certainly re worded it since 2007 and its a lot more ambiguous now. might just be me but i dont trust any large company with my data be they apple google or whoever. its a necessary evil that we share the info so i do when i have to
So, at least Apple promises to post a notice first.
And
Apple facing class action suit over iOS data collection.
I think it is a good idea to have the agencies look into this now. It needs to be cleared up one way or the other. It is a new market and it doesn't do any good to have this issue linger.
To say there is nothing to look into is absurd. It matters not, what side of the issue you are on, it should be obvious this needs to be considered by regulatory agencies.
To say there is nothing to look into is absurd. It matters not, what side of the issue you are on, it should be obvious this needs to be considered by regulatory agencies.
That makes no sense. I wouldn't buy xbox gold for anything but streaming netflix from it. Why is it so difficult for you to understand?
agreed get some official lines drawn in the sand so everyone knows were they stand. lets hope any investigation is done fairly and no envelopes of cash are put into hotel rooms late at night Ala the Olympics
