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Phoenix-D said:
Apple doesn't do much?
They host the servers, make the software, etc..and pay all the bandwith costs! This isn't a trival undertaking.
And, er, lets just say I'm rather more inclined to trust the company that hasn't been convicted of price fixing..in this case that'd be Apple.
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Software, one off cost and not tricky. Bandwith costs while not trivial aren't even close to 10c for a few meg song. Server hosting, not that expensive given the loading involved. None of that lot is worth 20% of the cost of the song. Does any other online retailer claim such an exorbitant markup? Sure the low value and lack of shipping costs make music a bit different, but not that different.
Well as Apple is running a natural monopoly they don't have to price fix. Macs are over priced for what they are, but as competition is impossible for Mac hardware they can't be done for price fixing.
As I said neither side is particularly good, but only Apple is so hypocritical.