Apple has finally brought the hammer down on e-reader apps, enforcing its new in -
app subscription rules that require app developers to strip out any links to external mechanisms for purchasing digital books or subscriptions.
Apple has begun enforcing its new in -
app subscription rules, demanding a 30 percent cut for all sales directly from e-reader apps.
But when it comes to circumventing Apple's new in -
app subscription rules, it may be best served as an HTML5 Web app.
The Kindle Cloud Reader has a link to the Kindle Store, something that's now missing from the Kindle apps for iPad and iPhone after Apple enforced its new in -
app subscription rules that require app developers to strip out any links to external mechanisms for purchasing digital books or subscriptions.
Not exact matches
BusinessInsider offers reason to hope that Apple may not apply
subscription rules in a way that forces Amazon's Kindle
app off the iPad and other iOS devices.
As they currently stand,
App Store rules allow publications to provide subscriber - only services through their iOS apps — however, those apps can not provide an external link for purchasing a subscription unless they also provide a way to buy it through Apple's in - app purchase syst
App Store
rules allow publications to provide subscriber - only services through their iOS
apps — however, those
apps can not provide an external link for purchasing a
subscription unless they also provide a way to buy it through Apple's in -
app purchase syst
app purchase system.
One day after Apple announced its
App Store
subscriptions features and new
rules, Google tossed its hat into the ring by announcing One Pass, a new payment system that allows publishers to charge for digital content.
First announced in February, the in -
app content
rules came as part of Apple's
subscription system, requiring that
apps offer in -
app content for the same price regardless of whether it was purchased via the
app or outside of it.
The «Buy» button for these
subscription content providers is still banned, but the
rules have been relaxed for requiring in -
app purchases, and Apple will not be getting 30 percent cuts of those external transactions.