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That's fine, let me install software without going to the App store.
If one is able to install software without going into the App Store, then one is also liable to be socially engineered into installing software from outside the App Store. No thanks. Keep iPhones in their walled gardens where they are safe. Androids exist for experimentation.
I don't think picking a fight with Apple as a PR strategy is a good move. The rules on the app store are very clear, if you're charging a subscription for functionality you're providing through an iOS app, that subscription must be available through Apple's payment system. I know people don't like that, but it's not unexpected. So given that Hey knew the rules, it seems a bit manipulative for them to submit their app…
Probably naive question, but couldn't they markup the In-App-Subscription by whatever % of cut Apple is taking? The same is done by restaurants for things like Uber Eat/Postmate: they have their prices on their menu, and a marked-up price on these platforms. downvotes: mind explaining why my naive question is not a worthy contribution/question? or if you just disagree, I'm genuinely interested in understanding what I…
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Explain Spotify and Netflix? The Hey app copies Netflix almost exactly, even in the language used for the subscription? How is that very clear for a rule?
I don't know about Netflix but you can use the Spotify app for free, right? Now from what I understand, Apple says that you can't do anything with the "Hey" app until you get a subscription[1]. Which is then different from the Spotify app. [1] "The Hey Email app is marketed as an email app on the App Store, but when users download your app, it does not work," Apple said in a letter to Basecamp CEO Jason Fried on Thur…
We know that the EU is already looking at Apple, and now the US seems to be making noise about it.
And they decide to have this fight.
I usually understand Apple but this one… eludes me.
From the article > could work within Apple's rules by allowing the app to function as a reader for standard e-mail, while also offering Hey subscriptions This is apple's new stance or is it conventional wisdom for store policy? If only Hey also worked with regular mail all would have been well?
> If you would prefer not to offer users the option of in-app purchases, you could consider having the app function as marketed — an email client that works with standard IMAP and POP email accounts, where customers can optionally configure the Hey Email service as their preferred email service provider.
"We've never asked for more than a third of your income, what's the problem?"
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> Unless your app takes users outside of the app store to purchase stuff(including the subscription itself) without in app purchases. Where did Hey take users outside of the app?
'Hey' itself may not be doing this right now, I don't know. I was referring to: > 3.1.1 In-App Purchase: If you want to unlock features or functionality within your app, (by way of example: subscriptions, in-game currencies, game levels, access to premium content, or unlocking a full version), you must use in-app purchase. Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys,…
Probably naive question, but couldn't they markup the In-App-Subscription by whatever % of cut Apple is taking? The same is done by restaurants for things like Uber Eat/Postmate: they have their prices on their menu, and a marked-up price on these platforms. downvotes: mind explaining why my naive question is not a worthy contribution/question? or if you just disagree, I'm genuinely interested in understanding what I…