Thanks to the fallout from the EPIC Games v. Apple Ruling on April 30You can now purchase books directly through amazon’s kindle app on iOS.
California Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Rules That Apple Can No longer take a 27 percent cut from purchases made out the app store or prevent development users from directed users to another Payment Opters to another. ,Apple is appealing the rulingof course.) The court found those restrictions to be anti-competiv
Apple has appeared the decision but is complying with it for now. The decision has allowed Fortnite to return to the app storeand Apps Like Spotify And Kindle for iOS Have Pushed Out Updates that make it Easier to Complete Purchases within The App. It’s a welcome change, since part of kindle’s dominance in the e-reser space came from the convenience of buying books directly on the device.
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With the update, kindle users on iOS now a new “get book” button next to titles. Tapping it opens a mobile web browser to complete the purchase.
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This is far simpler than before, when users had to manually visit Amazon’s Web Store Through a Browser, Sign in, and then Wait for the book to sync back to the app.
That Workaround Exhed to Dodge Apple’s 2011 App Store Policy Requiring Developers to Strip out Links to External Purchasing. Then in 2024, Apple Added A 27 Percent Fee for External PaymentsOn top of the 30 percent it alredy takes for in -pp purchases.
That 30 percent fee is still in place, plus apple could still win its appeal. But for now, Buying ebooks on the kindle iOS app is finally less of a hassle.