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Originally Posted by Graham
while speculation is rife that this applies to the non-subscription content, that speculation is not confirmed in any of the comments from Apple.
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OK, you may be right on this. At least I cannot dig up anything explicitly about e-books. Two things however:
1. I am almost sure that Apple wants the same for other content as well. Their lack of confirmation on these "speculations" is only for the purpose of sustaining the possibility to abandon the idea later without losing face - after measuring the upset the idea causes.
2. Even if it is true that Apple wants to sack only subscriptions the problem remains the same. It only renders my specific example irrelevant. Change all e-books to subscriptions in my examples and it will immediately be correct. So Apple wants money for nothing.
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It seems things are quite clear: Apple are charging 30% for subscriptions made through the app (for which they are providing the service) and nothing for subscriptions made outside the app (where they add no value).
Graham
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It is in the press release:
"However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app."
E.g. Amazon sells subscriptions too. Why would Apple receive money for these subscriptions? Apple does nothing for it. Again, change e-books to subscriptions in my example and you get the picture.