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>>Apple don't buy stock and sell it on.

>Sure they do - they just buy it in a JIT fashion. Someone orders the app, Apple supplies them a copy. The 'stock bought' is the payment to the wholesaler.

That's not a valid comparison. The retailer's markup includes the risk that they won't be able to sell the product.

(OK, OK, unless the product is books.)



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