| Thanks for the interesting post, David. Very well written and makes complete sense. I, too, am glad Amazon didn't follow Sony's lead. Carlee -------Original Message------- On 7/27/2011 2:31 PM, bobbyzio36 wrote: > 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? > The Kindle book purchases have never been "in-app" purchases -- there has been a button in the app, but that button opens a Safari window and the purchases are made over the internet, where Apple has no ability to control them. That's different from truly "in-app" purchases, where you click a button and Apple actually has to do something like let their servers verify your user name and password and then they have to serve you the data you're purchasing. Apple has never done anything for the Kindle books, which is why they're not "in-app purchases" like the other apps have. Apple is not involved in the Kindle book purchase process, their servers do nothing, their personnel do nothing, they have no right to any income from a sale in which they provide no service at all. So Amazon simply took the convenient button out of the application, and we have to go through an extra step to make the purchases. Apple still does nothing to facilitate the purchase, the purchase uses no space on their server farms, their personnel spend no time ensuring that Kindle purchases work as they're supposed to. Nothing's changed except that the end user has to exit the Kindle app, open a browser, navigate to the Kindle bookstore at amazon.com and make the purchase. Amazon's servers and personnel do all the work. I think the whole "tempest in a teapot" revolves around the concept of what constitutes an "in-app" purchase. I would think that in order for Apple to earn money from a sale, they would actually have to do something like provide server space and use their technical personnel to troubleshoot any problems with the purchases. That has never been the case with Amazon Kindle purchases, so I'm not sure that a judge would agree that Apple has a right to enforce their "all in-app purchases must come through the iTunes store and Apple must be paid 30% of the price" clause in this case. But then I'm not a lawyer and I'm sure Amazon's huge legal department has already considered that angle and decided not to waste any money fighting it. I'm just glad they didn't follow Sony's lead and leave the iPad marketplace altogether. -- David H. Bailey ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: | ||
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