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Apple draws a pretty clear line, it's the difference between buying a book and an ebook. An ebook is delivered and consumed on your iPhone or iPad, a book is no
by sharkjacobs 5y ago
Apple draws a pretty clear line, it's the difference between buying a book and an ebook. An ebook is delivered and consumed on your iPhone or iPad, a book is not.
- post_break 5y agoWhat about e-currency? They don't take a cut from coinbase.
- hakube 5y agoWhat about Patreon?
- lilyball 5y agoPatreon probably gets by because a lot of Patreon rewards are physical items, or other services performed by the creator where Patreon (and by extension Apple) cannot guarantee will be received. Meanwhile an app whose subscription model is “you get access to digital content” falls square within Apple’s IAP rules. I’m rather shocked Fanhouse got approved in the first place.
- arvinsim 5y agoThe fact that Fanhouse got approved means Apple's rules are arbitrary.
- LdSGSgvupDV 5y agoNot so arbitrary. If you are big and in the market Apple is not interested in, you are safe. Once Apple wants to step into that market, you should be careful (ex: spotify).
- sfifs 5y agoDon't let Apple PR fool you into thinking commercial decisions like this are anything like principle based :-) If Amazon, Uber and Lyft drop iPhone support, people will atop using iPhones and that's pretty much the only reason Apple doesn't charge them a commission.
- mvkel 5y agoYou think people will stop using iPhones because a ride sharing app goes away? Ever wonder what would happen to Uber and Lyft lost iPhone customers as a user base?
- Aditya_Garg 5y agoThey would both suffer drastically. If it came to that, I’m sure other big companies would join in as well in an attempt to punish Apple ie Netflix,Spotify, and Epic Games That could definitely put a hamper on new iPhone sales.