Volkswagen Lover: Subscription squabbling in iOS apps rumbles ever onwards

2011年2月22日星期二

There have been some very sharply worded defences of Apple's new subscription payments requirements written over the last 24 hours:

John Gruber: What [Readability are] pissed about is that Apple has the stronger hand. Readability needs Apple to publish an app in the App Store. Apple doesn't need Readability.
"Kontra" at counternotions: Apple, the one company that makes bet-the-company type moves all the time, has done it again: they have decided to cull parasitic middlemen and aggregators from the ecosystem.
Ben Brooks: If you want to jump on Tommy's trampoline then you are going to have to be friends with Tommy and that means going to his stupid birthday parties and playing by his rules - but its (sic) a freaking trampoline so its (sic) worth it.
The Cocoanetics company blog: Right now you have to play under Apple's rule if you want a piece of the pie that's up for grabs on the iOS eco system. Stop whining and start building a service/products that Apple cannot be without. Then they'll either buy your business or find ways to let you breathe on their turf.

I have a simple question for these guys.

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