@tfm@europe.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 12 days agoCourt ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Storealternativeto.netmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@restingboredface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish13•12 days agoIsn’t this charging model the same reason Kindle stopped allowing in app purchases? I thought they had said it was a Google play store thing though. Is Google doing it too or is there pricing something different?
minus-square@zqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-212 days agoYep, Apple forces all purchases through in app payment for any digital goods. https://web.archive.org/web/20250428085353/https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish1•12 days agoYep, same reason you can’t buy anything on Amazon Prime TV either.
Isn’t this charging model the same reason Kindle stopped allowing in app purchases? I thought they had said it was a Google play store thing though. Is Google doing it too or is there pricing something different?
Yep, Apple forces all purchases through in app payment for any digital goods.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250428085353/https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
Yep, same reason you can’t buy anything on Amazon Prime TV either.