Re:YouTube Red, a $9.99 Site-Wide Ad-Free Subscription with ...
by cdmcmahon on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @03:40PM
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I thought it was against App Store guidelines to charge a different price in the app than one could get on the same feature outside of the app.
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Re:YouTube Red, a $9.99 Site-Wide Ad-Free Subscription with ...
by bmelton on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @04:29PM
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I don't know if this is current, but as of 2011, they changed course on In-App Purchases to:
> Content providers may offer In-App subscriptions at whatever price they wish and they are not required to offer an in-app subscription simply because they sell a subscription outside the App Store as well.
At the time, there was a big hullaballoo over providers like Amazon and Comixology who have presumably placed their "best price" on an item, and simply could not afford to take a 30% loss to Apple's IAP. Apple, preferring to have services like Kindle and Comixology vs. not, capitulated.
2011 is (in internet time) a LONG time ago, so it's very possible that this has reversed course again, or even multiple times since then.