http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/12/02/great-artists-steal-tablet-edition/ Where media and technology meet Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/12/02/great-artists-steal-tablet-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-391054 johncabell Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:04:06 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=31980#comment-391054 One thing neither B&N or Amazon have copied: Making any money off the device itself. They may even be losing money. It's an old strategy to give away razors to sell blades, but Apple makes lots of money off the hardware, and lots off their cut of apps, which still attract outsized developer interest over Android (at least when it comes to tablets). So I think Apple's agita index will remain quite low for the foreseeable future.  One thing neither B&N or Amazon have copied: Making any money off the device itself. They may even be losing money. It’s an old strategy to give away razors to sell blades, but Apple makes lots of money off the hardware, and lots off their cut of apps, which still attract outsized developer interest over Android (at least when it comes to tablets). So I think Apple’s agita index will remain quite low for the foreseeable future. 

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