Steve Jobs Email Reveals That In-App Purchasing Rules Were Aimed at Amazon

Remember when Apple started charging Amazon and other eBook competitors a 30% royalty fee for selling books in their eReader apps? It turns out that it was a direct jab at Amazon. And the idea stemmed from a commercial that showed how easy it is to switch from an iPhone to an Android phone.

As part of the proposed antitrust remedy to the case against Apple (the one in which Apple was already found guilty), the US Department of Justice has filed a revised

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