I suggest that it's bad for all customers, whether they're buying from Apple or not. I don't buy the line Apple have been running about how this is all about the user experience -- sure, there's some UX advantage to IAP, but the way it's being done is about forcibly inserting Apple into the transaction, customer and vendor be damned.
Either sellers of digital content go along with it and effectively raise their prices across the board, or iOS users get a sub-par experience. One would not be shocked to discover that the latter would be a perfectly acceptable outcome to Apple, as it would then make their own content-sale business more compelling.
Just because one can do something doesn't mean one should.
I'm reliably informed that among certain people Thorfy-baiting on Apple-fu is considered entertainment. It's not really my idea of a good time.
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Date: 2011-04-19 08:41 am (UTC)Either sellers of digital content go along with it and effectively raise their prices across the board, or iOS users get a sub-par experience. One would not be shocked to discover that the latter would be a perfectly acceptable outcome to Apple, as it would then make their own content-sale business more compelling.
Just because one can do something doesn't mean one should.
I'm reliably informed that among certain people Thorfy-baiting on Apple-fu is considered entertainment. It's not really my idea of a good time.