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I'm curious, for the people in this thread who think Apple is within their rights, would you buy a DVD player that only played DVDs purchased through their own
by erikpukinskis 10y ago
I'm curious, for the people in this thread who think Apple is within their rights, would you buy a DVD player that only played DVDs purchased through their own store, charged 30% to list in the store, and disallowed companies setting a different price that covers the 30% fee?
- peteretep 10y agoI buy films through the Apple Store; that's equivalent?
- forthefuture 10y agoIsn't this kind of the point? Just stop buying Apple shit. If there is no Spotify app on iPhone, and everyone has to use iTunes and Apple Music, the iPhone platform becomes less valuable. Of course Apple is allowed to do what they're doing. They are begging people to stop buying their products. Anyone buying an Apple product today deserves that money less than Apple.
- scarface74 10y agoWould you buy a game console that could only play games approved by the console manufacturer?
- wodenokoto 10y agoI'm pretty sure that brick and mortar stores retain more than 30% of the sales price of DVD's.
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- MBCook 10y agoThe problem with your analogy is that in that situation Apple would be doing all the customer billing, billing support, collections, etc. It's not that Apple made the DVD player, the store also outsourced a large chunk of their finance department to Apple. And that's what they're paying for. Maybe they're paying too much, but they're getting more than just the ability to appear on Apple DVD players.