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My understanding is Apple doesn't make all that much money off the iTunes Store using a similar model. Does it really work for digital media? (besides console g
by jsz0 15y ago
My understanding is Apple doesn't make all that much money off the iTunes Store using a similar model. Does it really work for digital media? (besides console games)
- ceejayoz 15y agoApple doesn't use a similar model, they use the exact opposite model. They sell content at minimal profit to enhance the ecosystem for their devices, which they make a very tidy profit on.
- gujk 15y agoMaybe for music, but is that still true for the App Store?
- eitland 15y agoApps is a special case were they make a nice profit from both selling apps that they haven't created and selling devices that run said apps.
- ceejayoz 15y agoIt's still pretty true for the App Store. Apple hit the $2B paid out to developers mark early this year, IIRC, which means about $1B of revenue for Apple for the entirety of the App Store's existence. Their latest quarter saw nearly $30B revenue, so it's still a pretty tiny part of their business.
- jsz0 15y agoHow so? From what I've seen the prices on the iTunes Store for books, movies and music are higher than Amazon.