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Apple Cuts Affiliate Commissions on Apps and In-App Purchases (macstories.net)

Posted by msmash on from the strange-developments dept.

From a report on Mac Stories: Today, Apple announced that it is reducing the commissions it pays on apps and In-App Purchases from 7 percent to 2.5 percent effective May 1st. The iTunes Affiliate Program pays a commission from Apple's portion of the sale of apps and other media when a purchase is made with a link that contains the affiliate credentials of a member of the program. Anyone can join, but the Affiliate Program is used heavily by websites that cover media sold by Apple and app developers.

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  1. But Apple get its 30% cut still. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And you're still not getting a MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM.

    1. Re:But Apple get its 30% cut still. by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 1, Insightful

      And you're still not getting a MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM.

      You will be, as soon as Intel makes good on their Product Roadmap's Delivery Promises.

    2. Re: But Apple get its 30% cut still. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      "An any "Pro" device that does not have user replaceable RAM or storage is not a "Pro" device. "

      You have a curiously quaint and old fashioned concept of what a "Pro" does with their gear these days. The days of big beige boxes with 13 slots for peripheral cards are over.
      A "Pro" uses a Computer or a Tablet or a Smartphone as a Tool, as a means to get a job done with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of profit. A "Pro" may be a Realtor, a Marine Surveyor, an Insurance Adjuster, an Architect, a Product Photographer, a Court Reporter...
      They don't care about those things that Neckbeards endlessly tweaking their Gaming Rigs care about. When the Tool no longer suffices, they just get a new one. I'm sure that the same was true of Buggy Whips. They weren't constantly updated or modified to keep up with the Buggy Whip Culture. When Buggy Whips stopped being useful Tools, Pros junked them.
      I'm a "Real Pro". These little Macs, sealed away from grubby fingers, are far superior to those Clunkering Apollo or HP ME20/ME30 Workstations of two or three decades back. They simply get the Job done, in this case CAD. If a three year old Mac starts appearing a little sluggish, a Pro does a "Workflow Analysis", checks the Activity Monitor and Console Logs, looks for cruft... asks themselves if that Bloatware upgrade was really necessary. Only a Tyro just starts throwing more RAM at it.