IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, P2P, maps, push, MMS, etc

Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by wvenable on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:03PM (#520252)

From the talk: "Would you like to purchase one rocket launcher for $0.99?"

Oh yeah, that sounds like fun. Clearly a great way to be nickle and dimed to death in every application and game.

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by henning on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:36PM (#520331)

Clippy resurrects himself from the grave and pops up in the lower right-hand corner

It looks like you're trying to copy and paste. Would you like to pay $0.05 in order to continue? (Continue/Cancel)

It looks like you're trying to exit the application. Would you like to pay $0.10 in order to continue? (Exit and pay $0.10/Stay for free)

It looks like you're shocked to see one of Microsoft's worst creations pwn your smartphone. Would you like to buy a copy of iLithium(R), iXanax(TM), or iProzac(TM) to soften the blow for $14.99? (Yes/No)

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by mechanical_fish on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:44PM (#520352)

I have no idea why this is getting downmodded. I think it's funny. Maybe I'm just the right age for this joke.

Obviously, this in-app payment feature was deliberately designed to be irritating and intrusive. Apple understands that, to most paying customers, the word micropayment carries a connotation of being slowly and imperceptibly bled to death by vampires. So perhaps Apple is going to provide an API which turns in-app charges into such an ugly, flow-shattering experience that nobody could possibly miss it -- which will also compel app designers to avoid using this feature unless they really have to.

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by wensing on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:49PM (#520361)

It's possible to abuse any feature. I can see this being a win-win for apps that provide layers of value (depth).

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by ashr on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @11:50PM (#521133)

This is an extremely myopic perspective of a feature that opens up possibilities. Like somebody said, everything can be abused. But then people have the supreme authority to reject those who do.

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by neilc on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @12:12PM (#521875)

to most paying customers, the word micropayment carries a connotation of being slowly and imperceptibly bled to death by vampires

"Most paying customers" are unlikely to have even heard the term "micropayment", let alone to have strong views on the subject.

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by tvon on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @11:06PM (#521083)

Funny, though it would be funnier if applied to Windows Mobile and not an Apple product... I mean, Apple products are kind of the anti-clippy, or at least that's how they're known, no?

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by snprbob86 on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @03:06PM (#520393)

I'm sure that was just for demonstration purposes. EA tried that in a bunch of games when Xbox LIVE first offered these features. Customers FREAKED and things have been much more reasonable since.

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Re:IPhone 3.0 has copy/paste, subscriptions, micropayments, ... by unalone on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @02:48PM (#520359)

Every good tech implementation will be abused. I'm sure games will come out that don't leech away on their users, just as some will make lots of money by suckering out lots of micropayments.

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