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> Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, so they can get up and running instantly. This would tend to suggest that Apple i
by excalibur 8y ago
> Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, so they can get up and running instantly.
This would tend to suggest that Apple isn't getting a cut. Normally when they take one, it's on the basis of funds being transferred via their store, which doesn't appear to be the case here. But this is a massive deal between two of the ecosystem's biggest fish, and I'm sure an arrangement has been made to give Apple a piece of the pie somehow.
- jclardy 8y agoThey are listing in-app purchases directly through the app store. My guess is they did get some kind of deal though (Like the supposed 15% deal that Netflix had before they pulled their IAPs.)
- cpmsmith 8y agoThey take a cut of in-app purchases/subscriptions as well, for apps distributed via the store. That's not to say there isn't likely a special deal in place, though.
- eridius 8y agoApps distributed on the Mac App Store can use platform-provided APIs to do IAPs, including subscriptions, just like on iOS.
- r00fus 8y agoNo, I think Apple will get a cut, but only a marginal one - probably a "better than Netflix" % deal, and definitely not the standard 30%. Favorability in negotiation terms usually tend to be proportional to the size of the parties involved.
- zapzupnz 8y agoKeyword in your quote is "also". An in-app subscription billed through iTunes is explicitly written in the document as supported, so Apple will be getting a cut.