Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox
by nupark2 on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @02:31PM
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> Are you willing to pay 23%[1] more for the convenience of not having to open a window?
Yes. If the choice is between UX and cost, I'll almost always pay more.
Not everyone will, but the people that don't are less profitable customers, as Apple is demonstrating.
[1] 1 - (1/1.3) is the additional percentage that must be added to a price maintain constant revenue.[2]
[2] To be pedantic, Apple also handles payment card processing, which is ~3%. So the difference is really 1-(1.03/1.30) = 20.8%