Apple's iTunes gift cards are no different from any other gift cards. Apple doesn't keep the tax you pay -- that goes to the state. Apple also doesn't keep the "leftover" amounts on the cards -- you're free to spend every cent on the card.
If you choose not to spend all the money on the gift card, then it's
you who is handing Apple "free" money, and I think you'd have no one to blame but yourself for doing something as stupid as that.
Not to mention that I don't think iTunes gift cards have an expiration date -- just because you don't spend that last $2.85
right now doesn't mean the "clock is ticking" and if you don't spend the money that Apple somehow takes it back from you.
45 apps (.99) = 50 - 47.15 dollars that leaves $2.85. 1 million customers. Apple's profit is $2,850,000.
Sure, if all of these fools simply leave $2.85 worth of good credit on their cards and don't spend it. Why wouldn't they spend the $2.85 on an app or two or a song or two?
22 apps (1.99) = 50 - 47.39 dollars that leaves $2.61. Apple's profit is $2,610,000.
Again, why are these idiots leaving good money on the card and not spending it? Buy a $0.99 song, a $0.99 app, leaving $0.63 on the card, which they then use in conjunction with a debit card to purchase another $0.99 song or app.
15 apps (2.99) = 50 - 48.55 dollars that leaves $1.45. Apple's profit is $1,450,000.
Where are these fools? I will gladly purchase all their unused iTunes gift cards from them and use the remaining amounts on the cards.
It sounds like you're just unhappy about having to spend money, or about the fact that
Apple doesn't want to give you anything for free. You also throw around the term "Apple's profit..." over and over again... why do you think Apple is in business? They're not a non-profit organization meant to save the world by proving clean water and computers and music and apps to the world in a bid to make this Earth a better place to live... they're a
company, whose sole purpose is to
make money, for both themselves and the shareholders.
They're doing it in a
very fair way, and I believe the services and goods I get in exchange for giving Apple some of my money are A-1, top-notch, and well worth it. You know, you could go over to the "other" side, where an OS upgrade will set you back $500 and computers are made out of tin cans and virus protection will run you $100 plus $50 a year, thanks to the definitions companies bleeding you dry.
Your expectations of Apple are unrealistic, to say the least; your math and understanding of the way a gift card works, abhorrent.
