Companies will need to decide whether being on the iPhone is worth the investment. Paying 30% of their in-app income will most likely eliminate all financial benefit to being on the iPhone. Most likely that will drive companies to Android which doesn't have that "tax." Users will then have to buy a device based on being able to access the data they want instead of thinking it can access everything.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote: > >> But once you have that app, why should anyone have to pay Apple anything >> since the purchase is done inside an app on a network that Apple doesn't >> own? > > > I liked Chris Adamson's post on this issue: > http://www.subfurther.com/blog/2011/02/01/in-app-purchase-and-rent-seeking/, > especially the slide that shows how Apple's subscription service provides > nearly no value. > > Moandji > > > -- > 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. > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com -- 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.
