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If anything, I hope this changes. Why shouldn't you be able to tell your customers about your website in an app that you built? Even if you want to say hey go t
by adoxyz 6y ago
If anything, I hope this changes. Why shouldn't you be able to tell your customers about your website in an app that you built? Even if you want to say hey go to www.myapp.com and buy there, so what?
- threeseed 6y agoI really don't understand comments like this. No retail store that sells your product allows you to put a giant sticker on it that says "buy this product from us instead and get a 30% discount". You're intentionally trying to benefit from the store's distribution channel at the same trying to screw them out of the money they need to finance it.
- koyote 6y agoIf you buy a printer at a retail store there is nothing stopping the manufacturer from having a flyer in the box advertising a cheaper place to buy replacement cartridges. Apple is like Walmart taking a 30% cut off Xbox live subscription fees after a customer buys an Xbox from them.
- dodobirdlord 6y agoUnless the store has a policy against it, which would be perfectly legal and pretty normal.
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- redwall_hp 6y agoI just saw some Quip toothbrushes at Target recently. The box clearly has a starburst advertising $5 brush heads online, while Target sells them for $10. Many developers would love to not "intentionally benefit" from Apple's distribution channel. The issue is Apple forces them to use the App Store for distribution.
- adoxyz 6y agoThis isn't talking about the store. No you probably shouldn't be allowed to say "Go here to buy this app for cheaper" in your App Store description. But inside your app, you most certainly should. Physical goods are not the same as digital goods, but even if you do want to go with your analogy, brands will often times include coupons and refill offers and other promotional material with items they sell and push the consumer to buy directly from them and retail stores still carry their products.
- Keyframe 6y agoMaybe within the store you’re right. This is more about a city allowing only one store to operate. People are complaining (well, companies, not people as much) about not being able to put a giant sticker in the city to go to the other store - because city allows only one store to operate!
- rexf 6y agoUsers can download a "reader app" (arbitrary definition), but users can't find out how to sign up for them? This UX is bad for customers.
- noelsusman 6y agoYou can do it on Android.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 6y agoEven accepting this terrible analogy, the sticker in this case is NOT a giant sticker on the box but rather a leaflet inside the box that the user has paid for.
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- unreal37 6y agoI'm staring at my brand new Keurig coffee maker that has the website URL right on the top of the box in prominent lettering. Almost everything you buy has a URL on it or in it. Booklets, warranty cards, QR codes, and on and on. So, reality disagrees with you.