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"Apple has paid 2.5 billion to developers"

Let's change our perspective here: customers have paid $2.5 billion to developers and $1.1 billion to Apple for apps.

And many still claim that the App Store and iTunes are run at zero profit or a loss. Could that be true?

They claim that because it’s what Apple CFO Oppenheimer said in February during a shareholder meeting: “We run the App Store just a little over break-even.”

Apple makes money by selling hardware with good margins. The App Store and the Music Store help them sell more hardware.

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