Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work
by tempestn on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:21PM
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Yeah, they just can't have anything in the app mentioning that they're doing so. That doesn't sound very user-friendly either.
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Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work
by scarface74 on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:22PM
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Yes because most retailers like Best Buy let manufacturers advertise that you can get products cheaper at Amazon....
Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work
by tempestn on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:34PM
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Best Buy also doesn't require you to sell your software in their store if you want people to be able to use it with the laptop they bought there.
Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work
by scarface74 on Friday June 19, 2020 @07:48PM
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And neither does Apple. You are free to offer both in app and out of app subscriptions and charge different prices. You don’t have to sell your app in the App Store, you have to distribute it.
Re:You download the app and it doesn’t work
by nodamage on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:42AM
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This makes me wonder if they could charge $99/year on their website but $999/year via in-app purchase. Basically a price so high that no one would realistically buy it from within the app.
It technically fulfills the requirements specified in the review guidelines but I suspect it would be frowned upon.