Apple introduces new billing service
A whole host of App Store content – including games – can now offer users a subscription service as part of Apple's billing service.
The payment option was first debuted as part of News Corp's digital newspaper The Daily. It will use the same infrastructure currently used for in-game purchases with subscriptions available in weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly or annual increments.
Personal subscriptions can be managed and cancelled from a user's Apple account page.
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How long before EA start pocket raping the Apple store users with this? Any excuse for them to use their "cash for cr*p" approach will be welcomed with open arms by the greed driven CEO.
Games aren't included in the subscription format yet after the Capcom/Smurfs episode of dubious IAP billing.
Of course companies will start abusing it but it's down to the users to be clearly aware of what they're paying for; an area Apple doesn't enforce enough when approving apps.
We were told that this meant developers could charge subscriptions, btw - are they telling developers directly something different?
It appears another press site got it wrong and it foolishly stuck in my head. The agreement does indeed apply to all apps but there's feeling that games may be under closer scrutiny, with Apple reacting after customers report it not during approval.
