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This would mean customers who want to sign up for a Netflix Inc video account may have just two choices: They could do so through the Netflix website, in which

This would mean customers who want to sign up for a Netflix Inc video account may have just two choices: They could do so through the Netflix website, in which case Netflix would keep the full fee, or they could subscribe through the applications in their iPhone or iPad which would cost Netflix 30 percent of its fees. I haven't written an app, and I'm not entirely familiar with all the terms that have come up recently about Apple. Do I understand correctly that, merely by initiating the subscription from within an app running on iOS, that Apple is becomes entitled to 30% for all deliveries made on said subscription? Is your only other choice then, within your app, to say, "please type this URL into your PC's web browser to subscribe..."? Is the actual content delivery mechanism any different between the two cases?

benologist 16y ago
From what I understand I think you're right, with the added bonus of being forced to offer the subscription in the app if it's available outside of it.
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msbarnett 16y ago
> Do I understand correctly that, merely by initiating the subscription from within an app running on iOS, that Apple is becomes entitled to 30% for all deliveries made on said subscription? Yes. > Is your only other choice then, within your app, to say, "please type this URL into your PC's web browser to subscribe..."? You don't even have that choice. If you offer a subscription via the web, you must also offer the subscription, at the same price or better, through the app. They'll reject you if you don't. And they'll reject you if you even so much as hint that there's a way to subscribe outside the app that won't cost you 30% of your revenue.