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i frankly wonder if there isnt some form of holywood accounting going on so their 30% cut can be "justified".
by throwaway32 15y ago
i frankly wonder if there isnt some form of holywood accounting going on so their 30% cut can be "justified".
- caf 15y agoAs an example of how this could be done, the App Store business could be internally charged a large license fee for the use of the Apple brand.
- rodh257 15y agoalso to deter competitors from undercutting at hoping to make it up on apps (just as we are discussing about HP here). If they see that even Apple supposedly couldn't make a profit from its app store, they might be deterred.