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		ceejayoz on Jan 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple has paid over $2 billion to app developers, ... > Really, you think its worth their cut, just to operate the store? That's not all they do, though. They build the platform and heavily market it, too.

JoeAltmaier on Jan 18, 2011 [–]

They get paid for their hardware. Everybody else does too - phones, Android. Apple adds to that a 'company store' model that is unjustified.

They do it only because they can get away with it.

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