Google has revealed its own system: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/simple-way-for-publishers-to-manage.html<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/simple-way-for-publishers-to-manage.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29> <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/simple-way-for-publishers-to-manage.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29> http://www.google.com/landing/onepass/
<http://www.google.com/landing/onepass/>AFAICT, it's SSO + Google Checkout for payments. I heard that they'd take a 10% cut, but I can't find that info in the blog post or the website. This seems a lot more flexible for publishers, but most importantly it's opt-in: Google isn't forcing you to use it, whereas Apple is. I think Apple's system is probably great if you're launching an iOS only newspaper/magazine/service with original content, but isn't very workable otherwise. Moandji On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Moandji Ezana <mwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/itunes-shocker-apple-announces-app-store-subscriptions/ > > "However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital > subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer > must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to > subscribe from within the app." > > Does this mean that, for example, the Wall Street Journal app MUST allow > users to subscribe from within the app? I'd understand if they said that > in-app subscriptions could not be more expensive then outside-app > subscriptions, but this seems draconian. > > "In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a > web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or > subscriptions outside of the app." > > So you're not allowed to mention in the app that there's another way to > subscribe? And since they slipped the word "content" in there (in the rest > of the press release, they only mention subscriptions), does this include > the Kindle app and other any e-commerce-related app? > > Moandji > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
