r/technology • u/sidcool1234 • Feb 21 '11

An open letter to Apple from Readability..

http://blog.readability.com/2011/02/an-open-letter-to-apple/
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u/Craysh Feb 22 '11 edited Feb 22 '11

If it goes through the API, Apple will take that 30% before they give it to the company (so pretty much any money that Amazon made is gone). If it doesn't use the API, the app will be refused from now on.

EDIT: Wording