Amazon Adds Purchase Button To iOS Kindle App Following App Store Rule Changes (theverge.com)
(Tuesday May 06, 2025 @11:22AM (msmash)
from the serenity-now dept.)
- Reference: 0177351121
- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/06/1423250/amazon-adds-purchase-button-to-ios-kindle-app-following-app-store-rule-changes
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/661719/amazon-app-ios-apple-iphone-ipad-kindle-buy-books
Amazon has [1]updated its Kindle iOS app with a new "Get Book" button that redirects users to complete purchases through their mobile browser, taking advantage of recent App Store rule changes. The update follows Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' April 30th ruling in Epic Games v. Apple, which [2]bars Apple from collecting a 27% commission on purchases made outside apps or restricting how developers direct users to alternative payment options.
Previously, iOS users had to visit Amazon's website through a browser to buy Kindle books -- a workaround implemented after Apple's 2011 rule changes required developers to remove links to external purchasing options. Apple has [3]appealed the ruling but is complying in the interim.
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/06/kindles-ios-app-just-made-buying-books-easier-than-ever-on-iphone-and-ipad/
[2] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/01/055227/apple-must-halt-non-app-store-sales-commissions-judge-says
[3] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/1623223/apple-will-appeal-contempt-ruling-in-epic-games-case-over-app-store
Previously, iOS users had to visit Amazon's website through a browser to buy Kindle books -- a workaround implemented after Apple's 2011 rule changes required developers to remove links to external purchasing options. Apple has [3]appealed the ruling but is complying in the interim.
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/06/kindles-ios-app-just-made-buying-books-easier-than-ever-on-iphone-and-ipad/
[2] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/01/055227/apple-must-halt-non-app-store-sales-commissions-judge-says
[3] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/1623223/apple-will-appeal-contempt-ruling-in-epic-games-case-over-app-store
consumers gain nothing (Score:2)
If any company actually passes these savings on to the consumer I will be impressed.
Re: consumers gain nothing (Score:2)
It almost seems like a rigged system. You know who will unrig it? Your orange, unholy, disgusting pig of a boss
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Lumbergh?
Re:consumers gain nothing (Score:4, Informative)
In the case of the Kindle store, there's no savings to pass on to the consumers. Amazon simply wouldn't let you buy Kindle books from their app prior to this.
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Proton lowered their prices for in-app purchases with the change
> In response to the recent court ruling in the US against Apple's illegal in-app purchase monopoly, @ProtonPrivacy will finally be allowed to let iOS users purchase subscriptions outside of the app store. No Apple tax means we will lower prices for users by up to 30%.
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Being a man of my word, I am impressed by Proton. Lets hope others follow suit.