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Are those two comparable, though? Independent music on Itunes, for example, has a fixed royalty. From what I gather, a 0.99 song has the same 0.70 royalty you
by ricree 14y ago
Are those two comparable, though?
Independent music on Itunes, for example, has a fixed royalty. From what I gather, a 0.99 song has the same 0.70 royalty you're talking about for apps.
The CD example you're talking about is more like boxed software, which suffers from the same transparency issues.
The big difference between the two are that store shelf music is basically the same product as downloaded music. Unlike apps, which are on different devices, serve different purposes, and have a very different price point than boxed software.
- mseebach 14y agoWell, in my perspective, both music and apps are bits (practically free to copy, transfer and store), and the relevant transaction is putting those bits onto an end user device. While music is routinely pirated (and this action sanctioned in many communities), apps aren't (and it's not because of jailing - this is also true for Android apps). While I'm sure pirated apps are available, I've just never come across them, it's nowhere nearly as conspicuous as pirated music.