1. Steve Jobs Gives Amazon An Ultimatum →

    WHY I HATE APPLE!

    mikehudack:

    soupsoup:

    John Gapper at Financial Times

    The Kindle iPad app allows readers to buy books at the Kindle store through the iPad browser.

    Apple is now presenting Amazon with a choice. Either it withdraws its iPad Kindle app or it allows Apple to take a 30 per cent cut of any Kindle e-book purchases on the iPad.

    The Apple-Amazon standoff is intriguing because it involves two companies run by innovative, secretive, control freaks – Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. Mr Besoz’s response will be one to savour.

    I’m a user stuck in the middle of this. I much prefer the Kindle app to iBooks and I don’t want prices to go up 30% to compensate for Steve Jobs’ ego or his closed ecosystem.

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    1 year ago  /  88 notes  /  Source: soupsoup

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      Gives Amazon An Ultimatum
    3. codesarah reblogged this from joesunga and added:
      They already did!! http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000579091
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    5. pegobry reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
      The thing is, Apple deserves a one-time cut for every new user it signs up. Because his system does indeed make it much...
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    7. joesunga reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
      That’s kind of odd. If I use an iPad and I use Safari to purchase a Kindle book on Amazon.com. You’re saying I can’t do...
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    9. matthewknell reblogged this from stoplookliz and added:
      I thought Jobs was on a “leave of absence”.
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      now.. see more Gifs
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      This doesn’t make sense because Apple isn’t talking about ebooks purchased through the...-...
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      Reason number 3848484848 why...world and need be stopped.
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      WHY I HATE APPLE!
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      I’m a user stuck in...middle of this. I much prefer...I...