They can do that and if enough people disagree then they lose sales and they either stop or slide into oblivion. If all the publishers said "No more Apple" and that was enough of a factor to affect sales of its products, they would stop or slide into oblivion. Consumers have ULTIMATE power because THEY are the ones who BUY the products. Companies will always hedge toward the side that gives them the most profits/marketshare/power/advantage. Apple has made a big land grab, if it doesn't work out, then they change it.
Anyone remember how Amazon was forcing ebooks to be only on the Kindle and the myriad of rules and high rates they paid before the iPad showed up. On Feb 16, 12:02 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 16, 5:30 pm, Chess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I sold 100x more product using that eBay application then I would > > happily pay the 30% per product. > > That logic only makes sense because Apple has a monopoly on the app > marked for iOS. If you were on a Nokia and free to install anything > and say, downloaded an application from ebay, do you still think Nokia > has a right to claim a share? > > Or what if Apple applied your logic all the way into the browser and > wrapped commercial sites, requiring a percentage here too. After all, > it's Apple that provides you with the possibility of selling your old > stereo while taking a dump right? > > I obviously feel this is a slippery slope as a consumer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
