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> Demanding a cut if I buy a book through the Kindle app is absurd and has nothing to do with ensuring that Kindle doesn't break my smartphone.

"Ensuring that Kindle doesn't break my smartphone" requires time and effort. That's funded by the cut they take.



> That's funded by the cut they take.

Apple / Google do not need to take a 30% cut of every e-book ever sold to fund their review. That's absurd and illogical.

One estimate is that Amazon sells 487,000,000 ebooks a year. If we assume they cost $10 each, that's almost a $1.5 billion cut for Apple and Google.

It does not cost $1.5 billion for Apple and Google to review Kindle to make sure it doesn't damage devices.


Others have addressed why the price is ludicrous.

What if this is a service I don't? Why am I paying for it? The vendors selling in app items are certainly passing on some of the cost of this.


It is unfairly funded. The ensuring part requires the same time and effort for

Free apps, apps that make money off ads, apps that cost $1, apps that charge a monthly fee, apps that resell products where a 30% cut exceeds their margin.

Perhaps the stores should change to a model of choose your own adventure: pay per release or % cut. What would you say is a fair amount to charge per release - keeping in mind apple/google will want to maintain their insanely high profits from the app stores?




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