Conspiracy upon conspiracy, wheels within wheels eh? Sounds like a Hollywood movie.
Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Nonsanity wrote: > I rather expected this too. By setting draconian price guidelines initially, > they can control the market prices. The other requirement of > must-also-be-listed makes sure those controlled prices get used. Then a few > months later, before legal conflict can come to fruition, Apple revokes > these limitations. But the market has been established under their control, > and is likely to not drift too far from their desired model after they > relinquish control. I think Apple planned to revoke those limits after a few > months from the get-go. > > ~ Chris Innanen > ~ Nonsanity > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Richard Gaskin > <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > >> Forgive the thread necromancy, but it seems Chipp was right again - back in >> February he wrote: >> >> Surprise, Apple changed their license terms-- again. >>> >>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209580/Apple_s_new_App_Store_rules_affect_Amazon_s_Kindle >>> >> ... >> >> My guess is just like the last time, after much hollering a screaming, >>> Apple will change it's mind and backpedal. >>> >> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2011-February/153082.html> >> >> Chipp's guess was correct, less than four months later: >> >> Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions >> Thursday June 9, 2011 2:55 am PDT by Jordan Golson >> >> Apple has quietly changed its guidelines on the pricing of >> In-App Subscriptions on the App Store. There are no longer >> any requirements that a subscription be the "same price or >> less than it is offered outside the app". There are no >> longer any guidelines about price at all. Apple also removed >> the requirement that external subscriptions must be also >> offered as an in-app purchase. >> >> Content providers may offer In-App subscriptions at whatever >> price they wish and they are not required to offer an in-app >> subscription simply because they sell a subscription outside >> the App Store as well >> .... >> < >> http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/09/apple-reverses-course-on-in-app-subscriptions/ >>> >> >> >> Each of the last two years we've seen disruptive iOS license terms rolled >> out late winter only to be reversed in summer. >> >> What will happen this coming winter, and how many days will it last? >> >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World >> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode