On: Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store

[hsuma]

So Apple wants to block companies from allowing people to see content that wasn't paid for through their system. What's next, blocking paid websites?

Surely Amazon would just set up a website where users could access their Kindle books, bypassing the whole App Store problem. This is silly on Apple's part as it decreases the potential audience for their devices, and the ease of use.

[dhimes → hsuma]

What's next, blocking paid websites?

I fear this.

[cubicle67 → dhimes]

I don't

[dhimes → cubicle67]

Because you don't think it can happen?

[cubicle67 → dhimes]

correct. no way on earth Apple would do this. they may make some decisions we don't agree with, but they're not stupid

[jonhendry → hsuma]

"So Apple wants to block companies from allowing people to see content that wasn't paid for through their system. "

No. Sony is butthurt because they broke a long-standing app store rule about in-app purchases, and is working the refs by going to the press.

Every few months a story like this comes up, and there's a huge orgy of pearl-clutching, and then it turns out to have been nothing after all.