I think Amazon's point is that they and others went through the App Approval process and since they passed approval - anyone would think that what was in the app was approved. Its been approved all of this time - regardless of policy or not. A fairer question would be whether or not the policy was around prior to the app? or did the policy come about because of apps like this. My mind can't help but drift to games which have in app purchases for extras - have they been affected as well?
From: bobbyzio36 <bobbyzio36@gmail.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:31 PM
Subject: [iPad] Re: Kindle
See, here is what I do not understand. According to everything I have read--including things from Apple and on various dev forums--Apple has always restricted in-app purchases.
According to your post, Amazon is calling something that has always (apparently) been a part of the contract. so Amazon is not being truthful in that they are blaming Apple by calling this a recent change.
To be fair to Apple, Amazon apparently broke the rules and violated Apple's TOS.
Can anyone clarify?
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, mary davidson <mary.davidson@...> wrote:
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> To reassure those worried about the Kindle app here is the info direct from Amazon.
> Mary Davidson
> mary.davidson@...
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> Dear Amazon.com Customer,
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> We'd like to update you on a change to the Kindle application that affects the way that you access the Kindle Store. In order to comply with recent policy changes by Apple, we've removed the "Kindle Store" link from within the app that opened Safari and took you to the Kindle Store.
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> You can still shop on iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch--just open the Safari web browser and go to Amazon.com. (For quick access, we recommend creating a bookmark in your web browser.) Your Kindle books will be delivered to your Kindle application and automatically downloaded when you open the app. Thanks for being a Kindle customer.
>
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