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 Skinnereal wrote:
Apple guarantee a locked-down format for their books. They're essentially un-piratable. The book stays in Apple's format, and is only available from Apple.

Also, Android users are generally less likely to pay for their apps, or content on them. Apple users are used to bleeding money through their device, so are GW's preferred customer.

It really is only a matter of time before someone comes up with a converter for iBooks files as they currently exist. Even if Apple changes the format going forward it would still allow conversion of any existing iBooks already in the marketplace.

I do agree with your last comments, though. The apple community is one of the few where perfectly good and functional devices are pretty much tossed aside to spend hundreds on its next generation replacement that only has very minor enhancements and improvements over its current version. I am sure if GW could come up with some way to convince their players to dump their current army and buy a completely new one when their army codex was updated they would be thrilled.

Skriker

Prism962 wrote:
Yeah its become a very annoying aspect. Every company goes apple everything and it annoys me and im sure plenty of other. Most companies port there software to multiple platforms. And yes a friend of mine has an ipad so thats where we got our Storm Talon. I Copied down all the details as I have the physical codex and those are rules to my codex after all.

Because Apple buys them out. Why do you think the Xbox gets everything much earlier than the Playstation?