Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by batista on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @06:37AM (#3918374)

>Lets say (patent issues not withstanding), you created an exact clone of the iPad and iOS and sold it at the same price but without the 30% 'apple tax' on purchases.

What "Apple tax"? Haven't you noticed that competitors have struggled to offer the same prices for their tablets for example? The iPad/iPhone is one of the cheapest products on their market segment.

Just consider that when everybody expected the iPad to be like $999 or $799 on introduction, it came out at $499 -- and the mostly useless copies (now forgotten) that appeared of it, where in the range of $700.

Apple has their margin's with huge economies of scale and huge massive pre-orders of RAM, solid state storage and screen panels.

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Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by arjn on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:07PM (#3920892)

Incorrect on the mostly useless copies part. The Asus Transformer is not a copy and is cheaper than its iPad counterpart. I've been using it since May 2011 and it can do pretty much what the iPad2 can do, and it has an IPS screen to boot.

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Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by ChrisLTD on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @07:46AM (#3918556)

He's talking about app and in app purchases, not the cost of the device.

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Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox by batista on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @10:02AM (#3919067)

Oh, I see, I was confused by the "exact clone" part.

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