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Apple’s App Store Policy Forces iFlow Reader Out of Business
Granted it is up to the discretion of Apple to change the policy of their app store when they please, however their latest change to take a 30% cut has forced BeamItDown’s iFlow Reader out of business.
“Apple has decided that it wants all of the ebook business in iOS for itself and it has has made mid-game rule changes that make it impossible for anyone but Apple to sell ebooks at a profit on iOS.”
Typically readers such as iFlow Reader, Kindle, Nook and Kobo apps have managed to get around the 30% cut policy by simply sending their customers to a web-based interface outside of the app, however starting in June Apple has said that from June onwards all developers would have to sell their content from within the app itself therefore preventing developers to skirt around the policy.
The company was quoted as saying “Five of us spent nearly a year and a half of our lives and over a million dollars in cash and sweat equity developing the iFlowReader app…What sounds like a reasonable demand when packaged by Apple’s extraordinary public relations department is essentially an eviction notice to all ebook sellers on iOS…We put our faith in Apple and they screwed us…It was the American dream that we all strive for. Sadly, the America that we thought we were working in turned out to be a totalitarian regime and the dictator decided that he wanted all of what we had. Our dream is now over.”
Perhaps Apple had their reasons behind this policy change and perhaps from an outsider’s perspective it does look a lot like Apple is bullying smaller companies out of business. Google on the other hand seems to keep things simple by announcing at their developer conference that they will charge a flat 5% fee for developers, but what do you think?
Now here’s an iPhone 6S case that will certainly turn heads, especially when you take into consideration its name which is known as the OnePlus iPhone 6S case. That’s rather weird, don’t you think so? It will certainly take some getting used to before the name rolls off your tongue naturally. Well, we do know that The OnePlus iPhone 6S case can now be purchased for $19.99 a pop, and no, you do not need any kind of invite before you can snag one for yourself.
Each purchase will also be accompanied by an invitation to purchase a OnePlus X, just in case, you know, you would like to tread the Android waters. All in all, it comes in the kind of material as found on the OnePlus One and OnePlus X, which makes it a whole lot harder to lose grip of when you hold it – which is good!
If you are on the lookout for either the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 6S Plus, then here is news for you – chances are pretty high that you can pick up either one, or perhaps even both if you are feeling fat in the pocket, this coming September 18th. First of all, there was a leaked internal memo from Vodafone alongside Japanese site ITHome and German tech experts Macerkopf claiming that the new iPhones 6S models will roll out this coming September 18th in their respective countries
With Japan, Germany and the UK being tier one Apple launch countries, this means that those living in the mentioned countries will receive the iPhones at the same time as folks living over in the US – traditionally speaking, of course. There really isn’t that much time left to wait, as it is less than a month away, and I am quite sure that the time will pass by sooner than you think.
It looks like the folks over at Digitimes have come up with their own interpretation of things to come – that there will be no iPad Air 3 released, at least for this year. Digitimes has had their fair share of hits and misses in the past, so it would be best to take this rumor concerning the non-release of the iPad Air 3 in 2015 with a pinch of salt.
Digitimes also laid claim that the iPad mini 4 will not be as supercharged as some of the rumors that had been going around, as it will bring with it only small and incremental upgrades when compared to its predecessor, the iPad mini 3. This does not seem to bode well for fans of the compact tablet, taking into consideration how the iPad mini 3 itself was improved over its predecessor with a new Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Since Apple tends to roll out a new iPad in October, we will just have to sit tight and see whether this particular rumor has enough “legs” to run.