iFlowReader out of business
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"Apple isn't saying you can't sell books, they're saying you have to sell them via Book Store. "
The problem is that you can sell books as long as you give them a share for selling those books. They are invading your business and basically saying "you know what, you are making quite a bit of money from books, if you want to sell them on iOS and iPhone devices as you have so far, you will now have to pay us 30% share"
On the other hand, you can't sell movies, TV shows, music at all unless it's from iTunes.. the same way for eBooks now..
"If they didn't protect themselves, everyone would put apps for free and charge users via in-app for everything else, and Apple, who built the platform, built the hardware, maintain everything rolling smoothly, would receive shit."
YES!!!! That's the fucking point right there.. COMPETITION.. if they allowed people simply competing on their platform, it is very likely that many people wouldn't use their apps and services.
That's the whole point.. It's easy to be full of shit when you are "locking" both users and developers into your platform and when you see someone doing good or they compete with Apple down the road, Apple will go and tell you that you either have to be taken off the App Store (developer terms say that) or they will change the pay model where now you will have to pay Apple 30% fee..
Apple can't compete.. this is what the main reason really is.. If they opened up their platform for competition, there would be companies who would do services much better than Apple and Apple would lose the the control factor and the force for you buying a new Apple product.
The reason they make a lot of money is because their platform became popular, they don't allow you to use pretty much anything else but their services and apps so they charge you all the money.
While this is great for them, it's bad for everyone involved really. That's the whole point because what i"m saying.. They can do whatever they want, but it's obvious they are the most hardcore proprietary, anti-competitive, greedy company in the tech world and a lot of people let it pass because they make beautifully designed products.