Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan

Re:Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan by r00fus on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:17PM (#2236801)

This platform-markup (30%) will affect other players because in order to show any of your content on iOS, you must not just mark up your price, but Apple demands price matching with other markets... that's the uncompetetive part, as that will just raise prices for everyone, unless all those subscription services and content providers ditch iOS en-masse (unlikely).

If Apple were to relinquish their price-match requirement (unlikely) or allow apps that had no external store references (more likely), they would not cause such an upheaval in pricing.

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Re:Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan by bradleyland on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:53PM (#2236953)

I don't disagree. The question, I think, is whether or not regulatory agencies will force Apple to re-tool their terms. That will depend on whether or not Apple is found to have a dominant position in "the market". No one has defined "the market" yet though.

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