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The expulsions have begun – Google Books gone from iOS

• getsat 15y ago
  Can you resubmit/edit the title to use the one from the linked article? This one makes no sense.
  • fpgeek 15y ago
    Done. My reservation is that we're only inferring that Google Books has been expelled, that has not been confirmed. OTOH, my replacement being confusing is clearly a bigger problem.
• JeremyBanks 15y ago
  Does anybody know how the stores in those apps were implemented? I use the Kindle app, and its [Kindle Store] button just opens Amazon's mobile site in Safari. That could be what distinguishes it from the other book stores.
  • fpgeek 15y ago
    Kindle is the same as the rest. They all used to kick out to Safari. At first, this was because there was no in-app purchase API, so kicking out to the website was the only practical option. Then Apple added in-app purchase, but none of the ebook vendors wanted to use it (partly because of the 30% slice, but there were other practical issues as well).