Apple Rejects Sony Reader App; Wants Apps Offering Purchases Elsewhere To Support In-App Purchases
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Apple Rejects Sony Reader App; Wants Apps Offering Purchases Elsewhere To Support In-App Purchases
Last night, New York Times had reported that Apple had started rejecting applications including Sony’s Reader app since it allowed users to access content that is purchased outside the App Store.
This raised doubts on the fate of popular apps like Kindle and Barnes & Nobles NOOK for iOS devices as users have to purchase content from their respective websites to view content using the apps.
New York Times reported:
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apple will be apple, always after their 30% piece of the cake.
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So when we gone see Sony’s Reader app in Cydia? coz whenever apple reject some app we see those apps in Cydia.....
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ they've gotta pay steve's medical bills somehow lol
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don't be a ****. you wouldn't be reading this site if it weren't for him.
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Now its the kindles chance next.
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As a small dev for iOS I can tell you we dont know any more than you do. We dont get given updates on policy though the TLAs make sobering reading as they are very one-sided and you can guess in whose favor the terms are. I dont use or want my apps to have in-app purchases but if I did I would also want those to be allowed from outside. This is customer choice and something I believe strongly about. Apple is a big corporation with one thing in mind - profit. They aren't Santa nor are they the great Satan. They are a business and their business is to make money.
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It specifically says that the "option" for an in-app is required. It doesn't say that's the ONLY method allowed. From my understanding, users could follow a link inside the ebook app to buy an ebook if they choose to while the option to purchase it in-app through apple is available as well.How does this affect us as consumers? It doesn't, so let's not start the steve bashing.
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in-app purchase is very handy and you must consider that not all iDevice users are going to be tech savvy.but if apple removes the kindle then i am just going to have to buy a kindle because iBook's selection blowsHear that apple?!?!?! some one else is doing a better job than you and I for one am spending $ somewhere else
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or indeed crapples "control freak" policies lol
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Apple's guidelines don't align with the real-world of the existing apps. They need to get their act together or the SEC is going to start beating up on them for monopolistic tendencies or favoritism of one competitor over another.From their guidelines:11.2 Apps utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content,functionality, or services in an app will be rejected11.3 Apps using IAP to purchase physical goods or goods and services used outside of theapplication will be rejected.So how does this line up with Netflix or Starbucks (great app BTW - buying coffee with my phone is fantastic) or Amazon.I understand Apple needs rules to prevent the wild west but they need to make those rules consistent across apps.
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Apple is an epic fail.
