Thanks for representing the NYT viewpoint in the thread, donohoe. My question to you is, why should the NYT be so afraid of this? Customers will (mostly) know about Apple's 30% cut. If NYT wants the entire pie, can't they just sell the user an iPad NYT subscription on the NYT website or elsewhere, thus getting 100%?
Apple has NOT chosen to not allow subscriptions from the outside. Doesn't what Jobs said explain that clearly? If NYT already sold the user, Apple gets zero. If NYT sells a new user from somewhere outside the iPad app, Apple gets zero.
If, on the other hand, Apple sells a new NYT subscriber, from inside the iPad app, Apple gets a cut.
Now, we can argue about whether the 30% cut is way too big, but this seems pretty close to fair, to me.
I apologize for my bad wording. I meant an NYT viewpoint, not the official views of the NYT. I would still be very interested in your answer and opinions.
Apple has NOT chosen to not allow subscriptions from the outside. Doesn't what Jobs said explain that clearly? If NYT already sold the user, Apple gets zero. If NYT sells a new user from somewhere outside the iPad app, Apple gets zero.
If, on the other hand, Apple sells a new NYT subscriber, from inside the iPad app, Apple gets a cut.
Now, we can argue about whether the 30% cut is way too big, but this seems pretty close to fair, to me.