YouTube Red is live

Re:YouTube Red is live by jonknee on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:17PM (#10473540)

Interesting nugget: $9.99 a month unless you buy it through the iOS app and then you'll pay $12.99 a month. Google is making that Apple Tax quite clear.

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Re:YouTube Red is live by lbradstreet on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:20PM (#10473566)

Isn't that against AppStore rules? It used to be that you couldn't charge a different price for an equivalent purchase.

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Re:YouTube Red is live by jonknee on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:23PM (#10473595)

I assume you can't mention it in the iOS app (it says $12.99 there, no mention of $9.99), but it mentioned in an email I got from YouTube:

http://i.imgur.com/90fJxMS.png

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Re:YouTube Red is live by Natanael_L on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:26PM (#10473621)

IIRC that's for services and digital products only available inside the app store app, but not for external services and physical goods. This is an external service that happens to also be available via an app.

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Re:YouTube Red is live by mmahemoff on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:20PM (#10473564)

Spotify is doing similar. I thought Apple had a rule that you couldn't price in-app payments differently, but maybe it changed at some point?

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Re:YouTube Red is live by JohnTHaller on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:00PM (#10473853)

Word is Apple relaxed the requirement as otherwise none of these services would permit iOS purchases at all. Basically, Apple changed the rules for specific companies in order to make money. And most iOS users are unlikely to be concerned with the price difference.

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