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A company with almost $100 billion in the bank should not be crushing small publishers by demanding 30% Why shouldn't they? Publishers aren't printing books. A
by yardie 15y ago
A company with almost $100 billion in the bank should not be crushing small publishers by demanding 30%
Why shouldn't they? Publishers aren't printing books. Apple does the distribution (electronically) and the payments. This leaves publishers to add what value? Marketing? Editing?
or suing all other phone manufacturers for some stupid UI element.
Stupid to you but it's the little details that make a good design a great one. Apple had their UX employees designing the buttons, getting the scroll velocity right, giving the right amount of bounce to a page change. Those engineers got compensated for their work, now Apple wants to be compensated for its work.
- huggyface 15y ago"Those engineers got compensated for their work, now Apple wants to be compensated for its work." For real? We're discussing the company that just announced the largest non-energy profit in history, right? That has $100 billion in the bank? That is almost certain to continue growing that profit for at least a few years to come? My heart breaks for them. They just want to be compensated.
- zygen 15y agoIs the argument that they have enough money and thus shouldn't make more?
- huggyface 15y agoThe argument that it is difficult to hold Apple as a victim when they're rolling in enormous success. But yes, as a society and culture there is a natural disdain for excessive success ($100 billion in cash reserves? That is deeply unsettling), and as a natural course both the government and the courts are going to be less favourable to Apple.