On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:53:28 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 9/1/2011 8:57, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Apple's attempts to extort *30%* of content sales with apps distributed
>> through the app store
> 
> That's pretty much industry standard for all the app stores, including
> Microsoft and Android.

I don't think so, but my sample size is one at present.  (It's standard 
for the app itself, not the paid content - the paid content is what I'm 
talking about).

"Ghost in the wires" on Android market:  $12.99

"Ghost in the wires" on amazon.com as a Kindle book:  $12.99

What Apple wants to do is take 30% of the revenue from the book, which 
means for Amazon to make the same amount per book, they need to increase 
the price of the book by 30%.  So, through amazon.com or purchased on a 
Kindle, that book would be $12.99, but for Kindle on iPhone, that same 
book would be $16.88 - for the exact same copy you'd get purchasing it 
for $12.99 through the web browser on the phone.

After all, Amazon isn't a charity either - Apple cutting into their 
profits doesn't mean they make less, it means they raise their prices.  
Most likely, rather than charge iPhone users extra, all of us subsidize 
that 30% to Apple, whether we have an Apple device or not.

>> - which has caused several to implement their 'in- app' store
>> interfaces through the web browser instead rather than integrated into
>> the app.
> 
> A big part of that is to prevent piracy from jailbroken iphones/ipads.

I don't think that's what Apple's motivation is.  They want to make money 
not just on the apps, but on the content purchasable in the apps as well.

Unless I'm not understanding what you mean here.

Jim

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