Apple’s ban on in-app purchases will continue with the iPad
Section: Computers , Mobile Computers , Gadgets / Other , ebooks Apple’s iTunes music store is not the only way for iPod owners to purchase music, but iTunes remains the most popular outlet because of its built-in integration with the iPod. Apple will maintain a similar advantage when the iPad goes on sale this year. Though the iBook store will have a competitor in the Amazon Kindle App, Apple “stacks the deck against Amazon” according to the Business Insider. Apple forbids companies from including in-app purchases unless they are willing to share 30% of the revenue with Apple. When Amazon attempted to include a direct method to order eBooks within its Kindle app, Apple told them to pay up or remove it. As a result, Amazon and other eBook retailers who target the iPad will have to make customers go to the web, log-in to Amazon, search to place an order, and then return to the Kindle app to sync the new content. It’s a minor inconvenience, but it’s one that the iBook store will not present
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Apple’s ban on in-app purchases will continue with the iPad
