All the game in-app purchases I've run into have come through the iTunes
store, so Apple is justified in charging their 30%, since their servers
do the work.
David H. Bailey
On 7/27/2011 3:11 PM, twenty pearls wrote:
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> 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?
> *Sharon H.*
> http://akaivyleaf-musings.blogspot.com/
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> *From:* bobbyzio36 <bobbyzio36@gmail.com>
> *To:* iPad@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:31 PM
> *Subject:* [iPad] Re: Kindle
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Can anyone clarify?
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> --- In iPad@yahoogroups.com <mailto: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,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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