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Yeah the media ran with one narrative but the court decision basically says Apple can't stop you from linking outside your app for payment stuff but that they c

Yeah the media ran with one narrative but the court decision basically says Apple can't stop you from linking outside your app for payment stuff but that they can still require users be able to use IAP. Very confusing that so many of the media outlets covering this trial got the results wrong. I miss the days of Groklaw.

bialpio 5y ago
I think I'm missing something. Are the developers forced to offer the in-app purchases right now? My understanding was "no" based on how Netflix does not offer purchasing subscription through the app specifically to avoid having to pay the commission. Can Netflix now link (from within the app) to a website where the users can purchase the subscription?
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- BeefWellington 5y ago
  My understanding is that certain specific services and types of apps are exempted from in-app purchases, such as those that use a subscription model (Netflix, Disney+ et. al.) or apps that are for real world purchases (think Amazon, DoorDash, etc.). Games and similar apps are not exempted in this way and thus are required per Apple's license agreement / developer agreement to use Apple's in-app purchases mechanism.
belltaco 5y ago
I don't miss groklaw, it was a heavily biased site whose whole analysis was dependent on only the accusations/defense of one side of the court cases and assuming all of those were true and totally ignoring the other side, even if they had valid arguments. It slowly swallowed itself into its own black hole and went more and extreme, just like BoycottNovell/Techrights.
- BeefWellington 5y ago
  Are you thinking of another site? Groklaw, to my knowledge (and a quick check of various sources agrees) largely wound down after the SCO trial was done and dusted and was only temporarily handed over to another editor after the fact, finally shutting down in 2013. The site appears to still be up, if you have specifics you're thinking of you'd point at.
  - belltaco 5y ago
    It's Groklaw I am talking about. Initially they had decent coverage of the SCO case. But as time went on the analysis became too ideological and partisan. The analysis basically turned into covering all the documents filed by one side, and assuming that everything in them were all true, and not covering the defense arguments at all. I am too sleepy to look it up right now, but one case where I remember the abject partisanship was either about Corel or Word Perfect.

bialpio 5y ago

I think I'm missing something. Are the developers forced to offer the in-app purchases right now? My understanding was "no" based on how Netflix does not offer purchasing subscription through the app specifically to avoid having to pay the commission. Can Netflix now link (from within the app) to a website where the users can purchase the subscription?

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BeefWellington 5y ago
My understanding is that certain specific services and types of apps are exempted from in-app purchases, such as those that use a subscription model (Netflix, Disney+ et. al.) or apps that are for real world purchases (think Amazon, DoorDash, etc.). Games and similar apps are not exempted in this way and thus are required per Apple's license agreement / developer agreement to use Apple's in-app purchases mechanism.

belltaco 5y ago

I don't miss groklaw, it was a heavily biased site whose whole analysis was dependent on only the accusations/defense of one side of the court cases and assuming all of those were true and totally ignoring the other side, even if they had valid arguments. It slowly swallowed itself into its own black hole and went more and extreme, just like BoycottNovell/Techrights.

BeefWellington 5y ago
Are you thinking of another site? Groklaw, to my knowledge (and a quick check of various sources agrees) largely wound down after the SCO trial was done and dusted and was only temporarily handed over to another editor after the fact, finally shutting down in 2013. The site appears to still be up, if you have specifics you're thinking of you'd point at.
- belltaco 5y ago
  It's Groklaw I am talking about. Initially they had decent coverage of the SCO case. But as time went on the analysis became too ideological and partisan. The analysis basically turned into covering all the documents filed by one side, and assuming that everything in them were all true, and not covering the defense arguments at all. I am too sleepy to look it up right now, but one case where I remember the abject partisanship was either about Corel or Word Perfect.