On 9/2/2011 9:32 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:49:27 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>
>> But, that isn't the issue. The issue what that, to use the "in-app"
>> purchase, Amazon would take a 30% cut, but then Apple would take another
>> 30%, since you where buying via *their* app store. So, in actuality, you
>> would be paying like 60% extra, not 30%.
>
> Except that, of course, you're not buying via *their* app store - because
> Kindle/Nook/etc do in-app purchases through *their* store.  Apple isn't
> providing anything but the hardware the purchase is being made on.
>
No, Kindle/Nook use a web page that "looks" like an "in-app" store, 
because Apple's patent is on using "in-app" purchasing, and thus they 
would have had to go through "Apple" to sell to the customer. Its 
basically the whole "Amazon patented being able to click on button, to 
buy shit on the website", all over again.

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