http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/apple-in-app-subscriptions/ "Apparently, Apple has just updated the App Store Guidelines alongside the announcement today. And yes, it seems that one-time in-app purchases like those made through Amazon for the Kindle will fall under the same rules."
http://fireballed.org/linked/2011/02/01/dovey-in-app-purchasing/ (the original post seems to have been deleted) "At present, all in-app purchases require payment of 30% of list price to Apple. At present, this represents 100% of the profits granted to us eBook distributors by the publishers. Therefore, under the present rules, the details provided by Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller would require that 100% of our profit on a sale go to Apple" John Gruber argues<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/02/15/brilliant-brazen-batshit>that this is user-friendly because it centralises your subscription management: "You’ll seldom go wrong betting on Apple doing something that’s good for Apple and good for its users — no matter what the ramifications for everyone else." You know what else would be user-friendly? If Apple centralised your identity management, too, with something akin to Facebook Connect. Let's call it iTunes Connect. Imagine: "However, Apple does require that if a service chooses to provide a sign-up process separately outside of the app, that same sign-up must be made available to customers who wish to sign up for the service from within the app, via iTunes Connect. In addition, services may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to sign up for the service outside of the app." I'm sure Twitter *et al* would love it. Moandji -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
