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What about purchased in Amazon app particularly Kindle purchases inside Amazon app?

by dilse 6y ago

fargo 6y ago
it definitely does for audiobooks, hence you can't buy audiobooks through the app.
- nonis 6y ago
  As of recently, you can spend credits within the app and purchase audiobooks.
  - fargo 6y ago
    are you sure? It doesn't work for me (UK-based)
    - mleo 6y ago
      With Audible monthly subscription you get credits each month to use to acquire access to audiobooks. You can now spend those credits in the Audible app. This isn’t much different from some games. For Roblox, you can purchase Robux on the website and then use them in the iOS app, though in this instance they offer IAP for Robux in the app as well.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
  Unless you buy Audiobooks from the iTunes Audiobooks store, of course - and Apple doesn't have to pay a 30% tax to itself for those sales. How is this not monopoly abuse?
fnbr 6y ago
They don't allow Kindle purchases in the Amazon app on iOS, maybe this is why? See: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GDZF9S2BRW5NWJCW https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G...
QuotedForTruth 6y ago
You cant buy kindle books via the amazon app for exactly this reason. You can only download a sample. If you open the website in a browser though, you can.
- bostonvaulter2 6y ago
  And if I recall correctly, they can't even tell you that it is possible to purchase books outside of the app. Which I find ridiculous.
  - URSpider94 6y ago
    Apple explicitly disallows telling people how to circumvent in-app purchases. It will get your app taken down.
    - scotty79 6y ago
      This a bit silly since there are no in-app purchases to circumvent. It's more of Apple forbidding you to say in app "oh yeah, I'm also selling stuff, not here though". I think such restriction should be illegal clause because of customer or competition laws or sth. They aren't since Apple has them, but should be. Regulators should descend on platform owners and force them to share. Like they are forcing telecoms to sell services in bulk to virtual operators.
      - URSpider94 6y ago
        As a counterpoint, if Apple relaxed this rule, then app store revenue would plummet. Everyone would make their app free and virtually non-functional, then sell subscriptions via in-app links that direct the purchase to their own fulfillment service. Nobody's entitled to a business model, but I think it's useful to take this devil's advocate view. Regulators know exactly what Apple is doing here, and have so far declined to take action. That's an explicit decision, not an oversight.
        6y ago

What about purchased in Amazon app particularly Kindle purchases inside Amazon app?

by dilse 6y ago

What about purchased in Amazon app particularly Kindle purchases inside Amazon app?

fargo 6y ago

it definitely does for audiobooks, hence you can't buy audiobooks through the app.

nonis 6y ago
As of recently, you can spend credits within the app and purchase audiobooks.
- fargo 6y ago
  are you sure? It doesn't work for me (UK-based)
  - mleo 6y ago
    With Audible monthly subscription you get credits each month to use to acquire access to audiobooks. You can now spend those credits in the Audible app. This isn’t much different from some games. For Roblox, you can purchase Robux on the website and then use them in the iOS app, though in this instance they offer IAP for Robux in the app as well.
DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
Unless you buy Audiobooks from the iTunes Audiobooks store, of course - and Apple doesn't have to pay a 30% tax to itself for those sales. How is this not monopoly abuse?

fnbr 6y ago

They don't allow Kindle purchases in the Amazon app on iOS, maybe this is why? See: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GDZF9S2BRW5NWJCW https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G...

QuotedForTruth 6y ago

You cant buy kindle books via the amazon app for exactly this reason. You can only download a sample. If you open the website in a browser though, you can.

bostonvaulter2 6y ago
And if I recall correctly, they can't even tell you that it is possible to purchase books outside of the app. Which I find ridiculous.
- URSpider94 6y ago
  Apple explicitly disallows telling people how to circumvent in-app purchases. It will get your app taken down.
  - scotty79 6y ago
    This a bit silly since there are no in-app purchases to circumvent. It's more of Apple forbidding you to say in app "oh yeah, I'm also selling stuff, not here though". I think such restriction should be illegal clause because of customer or competition laws or sth. They aren't since Apple has them, but should be. Regulators should descend on platform owners and force them to share. Like they are forcing telecoms to sell services in bulk to virtual operators.
    - URSpider94 6y ago
      As a counterpoint, if Apple relaxed this rule, then app store revenue would plummet. Everyone would make their app free and virtually non-functional, then sell subscriptions via in-app links that direct the purchase to their own fulfillment service. Nobody's entitled to a business model, but I think it's useful to take this devil's advocate view. Regulators know exactly what Apple is doing here, and have so far declined to take action. That's an explicit decision, not an oversight.
      - 6y ago