Which may or may not hamper consumers choosing iOS. Hopefully Apple has done enough polling to be sure that it won't do something it regrets.
Is the Kindle app as important today for new customers as it was before?
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Which may or may not hamper consumers choosing iOS. Hopefully Apple has done enough polling to be sure that it won't do something it regrets.
Is the Kindle app as important today for new customers as it was before?
Really? You're not going to open that crazy can of worms again are you?
As far as "their" device, lets just say the device they created that allows all the business access to a new revenue stream. Hope that covers it.
Every app in the eco-system is important. All iOS device commercials are based around what the 3rd party developers are doing. The devices themselves are only a small part of the reason people buy iOS stuff.
Apple needs to realise this and start treating the devs better. This is a symbiotic relationship.
Little piggees
These little Apple piggees need to be taught a lesson. They're getting pretty greedy. It's very clear what they're trying to do. I'll just buy my Kindle books from Amazon, have them delivered to my iPad and then boycott iBooks. There also may be a Xoom in my future. Apple can't keep up this arrogant behavior forever.
These little Apple piggees need to be taught a lesson. They're getting pretty greedy. It's very clear what they're trying to do. I'll just buy my Kindle books from Amazon, have them delivered to my iPad and then boycott iBooks. There also may be a Xoom in my future. Apple can't keep up this arrogant behavior forever.
I think Apple is going to far, because this doesn't benefit the customer.
This isn't the first time, either. Apple's insistence that Random House comply with an agency model of pricing directly lead to an increase of prices in all ebook stores. Random House controls a huge percentage of the ebook market, and their ebook prices went up 30 to 50% the day they changed their pricing model for Apple.
What Apple did is bad for the customer and bad for education. It's one market I truly wish they would have kept their hands off of.
This isn't the first time, either. Apple's insistence that Random House comply with an agency model of pricing directly lead to an increase of prices in all ebook stores. Random House controls a huge percentage of the ebook market, and their ebook prices went up 30 to 50% the day they changed their pricing model for Apple.
What Apple did is bad for the customer and bad for education. It's one market I truly wish they would have kept their hands off of.
There are more devices on which you can buy and read Kindle books than there are devices on which you can buy and read iBooks books.
Well from Apples perspective if you are selling a physical good they do not take 30%. If it is a digital good, they want their 30%
Good point, consumers will compare the cost of re-buying all books through iBooks with buying a Kindle.
If Apple actually pulls the Kindle app, then I'm certain former Kindle app users will get a nice offer from Amazon with a discount if they buy a Kindle.
I don't see what's the big deal.
And at worst Amazon will simply remove the link and replace it with some text like "To buy books visit Amazon.com on your browser" Simple.
And most people that have kindle on iPhone already have Kindle on their PC or a real Kindle.
And at worst Amazon will simply remove the link and replace it with some text like "To buy books visit Amazon.com on your browser" Simple.
And most people that have kindle on iPhone already have Kindle on their PC or a real Kindle.
This thread reminds me of an old joke. What do you call a 20 year old democrat? A 40 year old republican. Perspectives change when you have to support yourself and/or a family. It's easy to be idealistic when you're young and other people are supporting you financially.
People want Apple to be idealistic but they are just another business out there doing what businesses do: making money. Appealing to altruism is a misguided effort. Great when it happens but don't expect it.
Again, I don't have a particular preference when it comes to the whole subscription model stuff Apple is doing. But the level of angst here is comical.
People want Apple to be idealistic but they are just another business out there doing what businesses do: making money. Appealing to altruism is a misguided effort. Great when it happens but don't expect it.
Again, I don't have a particular preference when it comes to the whole subscription model stuff Apple is doing. But the level of angst here is comical.
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Speak for yourself, I own a Kindle 2 and haven't touched it since getting the iPhone 4 and iPad 2. I prefer them to the Kindle 2.
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Speak for yourself, I own a Kindle 2 and haven't touched it since getting the iPhone 4 and iPad 2. I prefer them to the Kindle 2.
Nope. Apple can, like all stores, set rules for what their stores sell. It's not antitrust at all.
Making it so that you have to buy a Mac to use an iPhone etc. That is likely anti-trust
If I recall correctly, you're not allowed mentioning that you can buy through a website. No link, no texts, nothing.
I go back and forth depending on which device I have with me at the time. I detect no major difference in the overall comfort of the reading experience between the 2 devices.
Nope. No more so than a brick and mortar getting a cut.
Antitrust isn't just what you think is unfair. It's about very particular situations and actions
Bad PR?
If Amazon does nothing, Apple would perhaps just remove the Kindle app from the App Store. Given the popularity of Kindle/Amazon in general, surely news of the removal will not be relegated to just the tech blogs. Thus, the media will report Apple removing the app, which could potentially be bad press for Apple, and good press for Amazon. Maybe it's not a bad strategy for Amazon to stand firm....
If Amazon does nothing, Apple would perhaps just remove the Kindle app from the App Store. Given the popularity of Kindle/Amazon in general, surely news of the removal will not be relegated to just the tech blogs. Thus, the media will report Apple removing the app, which could potentially be bad press for Apple, and good press for Amazon. Maybe it's not a bad strategy for Amazon to stand firm....
Amazon can just make the Kindle app a plain reader with no purchase option. It's really no big deal. I'd guess that most Kindle customers buy their books either on the actual Kindle or on the Web site, because the experience is better.