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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve h... by lukeholder on Friday April 13, 2012 @04:45PM (#3838770)
they dont sell books through the apps in app purchases though? its just an app that allows you to see your book purchases isn't it?
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve h... by ck717 on Friday April 13, 2012 @04:56PM (#3838817)
They used to, before Apple demanded 30%. They couldn't afford to pay that, so they stopped selling books in their iOS app.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve h... by cmelbye on Friday April 13, 2012 @09:55PM (#3839593)
Minor nitpick, Apple has always taken a 30% cut of in-app purchases. Amazon never used in-app purchases for transactions, I believe they used to have some sort of in-app WebView that let users buy books on the amazon.com website. Apple told them they needed to either give them a 30% cut of those sales, or remove the WebView.
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