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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Will Apple charge for iApps?

CNet reckons Apple will announce "at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco Tuesday that consumers will have to pay for new versions of iDVD, iPhoto and iMovie, which will be sold together as a bundle." Apple has already started charging for its formerly-free .Mac service, and charged users $129 for its last upgrade to the Unix-based OS X operating system that is replacing Mac OS. Comment: lots of companies give simple apps away free and charge for enhanced versions as a way of winning business. However, they don't usually have Apple's 100% monopoly market control, which allows it to bundle apps with all its proprietary hardware, regardless of any third-party competition.

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