Will Mountain Lion be Free?

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It just means that you will have to keep your app up to date with their dev cycle. As for free, I really doubt it. Apple will milk you, one way or the other.

Yeah for sure Apple make their margin, but I don't believe that they look for margin on every single item they ship. I'm convinced it's a more holistic approach to profit.

iOS updates being free is an example, OS X being sold for a 10th of the price of competing operating systems is another. They are willing to lose money on a single item if it makes more money in the longterm.

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