Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut

Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by kelnos on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:54PM (#23568533)

I don't think this is a particularly good analogy.

If 7-11 doesn't sell a bible and I want to buy a bible, I go to another store that sells bibles and buy one there. It's not like my house will refuse to allow me to bring a non-7-11 product inside.

If the iOS App Store doesn't sell a particular app, then I have no alternative (aside from "buying a different house", which IMO is unreasonable), because Apple doesn't let non-App-Store apps onto iOS devices.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by dwaite on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:39AM (#23572414)

For a literal bible you would have options, because you can use a standard format like ePub or PDF. Your limitations come if you try to mandate your own DRM, since the platform won’t understand it.

For an annotated bible application, you would have the option of a web-based application, which has certain trade-offs.

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