[APPS] Answers to your questions regarding the App Pack costing $20
by Jody Mitoma on January 17, 2008 at 1:47 pm
They aren’t doing it because they’re trying to make money (well, maybe they are, because they didn’t have to ’sell it’ for $20.00USD!..).
According to daringfireball.net, Apple must comply with a specific law that was passed back in 2002.
Here is what they had to say:
The $20 iPod Touch Update
There were audible groans in the keynote hall when Jobs announced that the iPod Touch update costs $20. That’s an interesting difference between the Touch and the iPhone. One reason, I think, is that unlike with iPhones, Apple is not accounting for iPod Touches on a subscription bases — so they have to charge something to add features in order to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. But they could charge something less than $20. I wonder how frequently Apple plans to offer $20 feature upgrades to Touch owners.
No wonder…
Source: http://daringfireball.net/2008/01/keynote_roundup
- Jody Mitoma
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January 17th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I still say that this is bullshit! They didn’t have to charge iPod video owners when they added the feature to watch iTunes purchased movies on the go, so why do they need to charge us for new features?
January 17th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I wish I had an answer to that… It seems a little odd to me as well.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:55 am
[...] the fee range from $20 up to $50, however my sole guess is $19.99 - which is how much the App Pack (see here) cost iPod Touch users a few months back. Now, knowing that the iPhone was bought about 5 million [...]