Originally Posted by
CPRich
There's a big difference between "commission" and "royalty". They are opposites. Amazon doesn't take 70%, Amazon pays 70%.
Agreed, and I thought what I posted corrected that. Amazon takes 30% PLUS an additional amount for delivery over the air. So the Amazon charges are HIGHER than the same purchase at Apple.
Originally Posted by
CPRich
Subscriptions via App Store
"Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases"
And what has publishers staying away - "In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app. "
What Apple has said is that you can't AVOID selling through the app store by offering a link to an outside website, but you can sell the same item through a website. Apple seems to have taken the pro-consumer position that if you offer it at $xxxx on your website you must offer it at $xxxx on the app store as well, no pricing differences based on the delivery mode.
I wonder, how many people think Walmart would allow third parties to place products in their stores and then sell them over the internet with no consideration to Walmart for providing the store and access to the steady stream of customers?