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Author:  bobbdobbs [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:08 am ]
Post subject:  Apple adding razor wire on the walled garden?
clicky

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The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store.

Apple rejected Sony’s iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store.

Apple told Sony that from now on, all in-app purchases would have to go through Apple, said Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reading division.

The move could affect companies like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that compete with Apple’s iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can read their e-book purchases on other devices. An iPad owner, for instance, has not needed to own a Kindle to read Kindle books bought from Amazon.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple adding razor wire on the walled garden?
I can both sides of this argument. But I cannot decide which side I stand. While Apple could be abusing their position I can understand why they have to do it.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple adding razor wire on the walled garden?
bobbdobbs wrote:
clicky

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The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store.


This is a potential problem which could impact greatly on those who develop plug-ins for applications if this policy is carried over to the Mac App Store. At the moment, you can’t do in-app purchases on the Mac App Store, but you CAN use third party plug-ins sourced from places outside of Apple’s store. If Apple push this policy to Mac Apps too, then it’s going to cause problems for any plug-in developer whose parent app comes from there.

I develop add-on Actions for Softpress’ Freeway application, which so far is not available on the Mac App store, but no doubt they are planning a strategy to move some or all of their products there.
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple adding razor wire on the walled garden?
downloading anything from Sony would probable involve an added rootkit program
so i would sooner trust Apple in this department, but that trust only goes so far ...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple adding razor wire on the walled garden?
MrStevenRogers wrote:
downloading anything from Sony would probable involve an added rootkit program
so i would sooner trust Apple in this department, but that trust only goes so far ...

I agree. So far Apple have done far more for consumers that than the rest. If they abuse that they could suffer considerably.
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