Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub plans

Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by ajg1977 on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @08:46PM (#2224489)

What's going to get really interesting is seeing where Apple draw the line with "subscription apps".

The Rhapsody and Magazine apps of this world seem fairly clear cut. Kindle is somewhat less so (since books aren't a subscription service - something most blogs seem to miss). But what about these "Go to my PC", Salesforce.com, or other SaaS sites that basically provide free iOS apps for expensive subscription plans? Are these companies now all going to start adding in-app sign-up options and paying Apple a cut?

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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by jkincaid on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @08:51PM (#2224515)

Actually it does affect the Kindle and other non-subscription apps, as confirmed in this report: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209580/Apple_s_new_A...

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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by minalecs on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @08:50PM (#2224508)

amazon offers magazine subscription for kindle. Besides, I think Apple has been known to ignore or allow exceptions. For these SAAS companies, I imagine Apple will allow them to slide, but by their own terms.. it sounds like they shouldn't. I think their only main concerns are profiting from companies that compete directly with Apple revenue streams, music, movies, and books.

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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by jcurbo on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @01:12AM (#2225300)

Kindle magazine subscriptions are only available for the Kindle hardware itself, IIRC.

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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by nedrichards on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @03:40AM (#2225692)

They are now offered in the Android Kindle application as well.

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