A different thought on Apple’s in-app subscription rules

So, now that apple has released their official word on in-app purchase requirements, providers are essentially going to have to (or choose to) face reality and figure out how to make a 30% tariff off the top of a potentially significant portion of revenue into a workable business model. It’s a long shot, but if companies actually started to increase their exra-app price in order to allow them to raise their in-app price to something reasonable,... Read More

Concerning the business and ethics of Apple’s in-app purchase requirements (UPDATED)

News Corp recently introduced The Daily to the iOS world. Sony tried to publish an eReader app at about the same time. Apple blessed the first for doing everything right, and banished the latter for not pleasing them. It’s been long-standing policy (in that anything related to the App Store is long-standing) that any purchases of content allowed within an iOS app use only Apple’s in-app purchase system. They get their cut, developers get... Read More