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Apple's priorities are, in order: Apple End Users Distribution partners Other companies Once you realize that then their decisions make sense. And for
by nl 4y ago
Apple's priorities are, in order:
Apple
End Users
Distribution partners
Other companies
Once you realize that then their decisions make sense. And for me these priorities aren't the worst thing ever. Yes, Apple putting Apple first means I pay a premium.
(And BTW, to clarify: Apple has a book store monopoly on iOS, not "a monopoly on iOS for books". I can read my Kindle books perfectly fine)
- bhawks 4y agoYou can read books from Amazon/Kindle on iOS because Apple lost an antitrust price fixing case in US federal court and paid nearly half a billion in damages. Apple conspired with publishing houses to shut Amazon out of the market through leveraging it's huge device platform. Steve Jobs literally said: "The price will be the same... Publishers are actually withholding their books from Amazon because they are not happy." If Apple had won their case it is a serious question if you would have Kindle books to read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_Inc. All that said - this is reasonable rational behavior for a company. Which is why we also have antitrust laws. ;)
- aerique 4y agoThey make you successfully believe end users are that high on their priorities, which is different.