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It sucks, they don't require it of Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Disney, etc What Librem are doing is the right thing though - go to the press, raise a big stink a
by akmarinov 6y ago
It sucks, they don't require it of Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Disney, etc
What Librem are doing is the right thing though - go to the press, raise a big stink and Apple will back off. It's been proven to work time and time again.
- meepmorp 6y ago> It sucks, they don't require it of Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Disney, etc I believe they do require this of large companies; it's been a while, but IIRC Netflix and Disney+ both allow you to sign up for the service in the app. The HBO app does, too. You can log in with an existing account, but I thought the requirement was that you need to give a user the ability to sign up for a paid service account in app, and that signup needs to bill through Apple. It's a moneymaker, no doubt; as a consumer, though, I appreciate not having to hand over credit card details to a random service I'm trying out for a month.
- zapzupnz 6y agoNetflix took out their sign up screen years ago; you have to subscribe via the website. Disney+ does let you subscribe through Apple.
- protomyth 6y agoYeah. Apple says they don't like developers going to the press, but its pretty much the only thing that actually works. Well, for devices, its basically customer support via threat of class action lawsuit. I'm still a little miffed I had to pay $79 three times to "fix" the iPhone 6 and didn't get a refund after they finally acknowledged the issue.
- pmontra 6y agoNot even Apple can sell devices that don't do Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Disney, etc. At least not as many as they are selling now.
- ncw96 6y agoApple has a well known exception to the rule requiring an option to subscribe inside the app for “reader” apps, a vaguely defined which includes Netflix, Spotify, Dropbox, and seemingly whatever else is convenient to Apple. Apple did not lift this requirement for the Hey email app during the controversy over that last year. Instead, they reached a compromise where Hey would offer a free trial of their service inside the app, so they could be in compliance with the rule that an app must have some functionality without an account.
- wvenable 6y agoI'd like to see them try to enforce that rule with banking apps...
- ogre_codes 6y agoYou have a banking subscription?
- mrloop 6y agoI've got 2 bank accounts which i pay a monthly subscription fee. For instance https://monzo.com/i/monzo-plus/ https://monzo.com/i/monzo-plus/
- ncw96 6y agoApple’s in-app purchase/subscription rules only apply to digital goods — not things like banks, Uber, food delivery, etc.
- hnick 6y agoWhere would a bitcoin exchange fall in this categorisation? I've seen BTC referred to as a digital good in some pieces.
- perryizgr8 6y agoFor me, banking is totally digital. I don't buy anything physical from my bank. Just online things.