Why Get is Apple’s new Free

Fortune
By Philip Elmer-DeWittNov 21, 2014, 7:32 am1k ptsHot
See the button marked Get on Candy Crush Soda Saga, currently the Top Free App on iTunes? It used to say Free. Apple relabeled it this week — after some arm twisting by the European Commission — to reflect the hard reality of the App Store. The fact is, nobody does anything for free there. Apps are either…

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