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by mtgx 4997 days ago
This post talks about the "App Store profit" not "iPhone-related profit", though. So it could very well be that out of 30% they ask for only half of that is pure profit, while that 15% translates to only about 1% of an iPhone's profit.
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Right... I was adding yet another interesting number and telling people where they could learn more. The goal of this author's post is to demonstrate to people how the App Store is not Apple's profit center, but still comes from a place of surprise: as I have analyzed this many times, I hoped to drive this home for anyone (and hopefully remove any remaining surprise or question). Sadly, people seem to believe that the only motive someone could have in such a situation is to correct or call out, despite my post not ever saying the original post was wrong and talking about a different number.