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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by reaperducer on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:18PM (#24446344)
People quickly forget that software was distributed on the web long before the App Store existed.

He's talking about when you used to have to pay $50 to $500 for software in a store, but the author was lucky to see $5-$10 of that.

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by ethbr0 on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:24PM (#24447463)
True, but today is mostly certainly not 1998.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by x0x0 on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:38PM (#24446512)
And now Apple generously gives you up to 85% of $1 to $5!
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by grumple on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:29PM (#24446432)
What do you mean? Microsoft was certainly seeing more than 5-10$ per product sold.
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