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update: thanks for the clarifications! Unfortunately the article does not answer what the button does, which is quite relevant. Does it send the user to the a
by Coeur 1y ago
update: thanks for the clarifications!
Unfortunately the article does not answer what the button does, which is quite relevant.
Does it send the user to the amazon website (which would be allowed under the new rule)? Or does it complete the purchase inside the app using the credit card Amazon has on file for the user without paying Apple anything (which would be quite the affront towards Apple)?
- derefr 1y agoYou missed it; the article does answer this. > By selecting ‘Get Book’ within the Kindle for iOS app, customers can now complete their purchase through their mobile web browser.
- lb1lf 1y agoIt does indeed open your web browser and send you to the book's page on the Kindle store. Just checked. (Kindle for iPhone v7.31.3)
- lxgr 1y agoWow, really? That's frustrating. I'd have expected it to actually make the purchase using my card on file with my Amazon account, just like the physical Kindle does.
- nik_0_0 1y agoThat one Apple is still allowed to collect fees on (which I'd love to see the provided justification for!). Per the article: "Apple can no longer collect a 27 percent commission on purchases made outside of apps or restrict how developers can direct users to alternate payment options" This now allows folks to direct users to alternate methods. Before this the Kindle app would just say something along the lines of "you can't get a book here, please use the website".