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Whoops, this was suppose to be it's own thread. 
Sounds like Apple's policies are about to bite them. It looks like a mass Media exodus is about to happen to Apple's AppStore. Jobs said HTML5 was the future and not Flash attempting to doom Adobe. It seems HTML5 is going to doom the media revenues of their AppStore too.
This is a good move for media outlets on all fronts. Not just a move against idiotic demands of Apple. They shouldn't have to pay Apple or Google revenue streams for media content.
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The Financial Times' refusal to cooperate with Apple's new in-app subscription policies has resulted in the venerable news source being ousted from the iTunes App Store. The newspaper's civil disobedience may inspire other large companies to ditch iTunes as well, perhaps sparking an exodus from Apple's store and its policies, which are seen by many as greedy and restrictive.
Two months ago, Apple imposed new App Store rules that required developers to sell all product subscriptions through iTunes, with Apple taking a 30 percent cut of the profits. Developers lashed back, foreseeing that these restrictions could affect their revenues. Apple's olive branch was that those who didn't want to share profits had to remove in-app links to sites where subscriptions and products can be sold.
The Financial Times disagreed with these changes and immediately began prompting customers to visit the Web-based version of the newspaper as a clean workaround. Still, when Apple's deadline to put up or shut up came on June 30, the Financial Times stuck around for an extra two months and then jumped iTunes' ship altogether to focus on its HTML5-based Web app.
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Sounds like Apple's policies are about to bite them. It looks like a mass Media exodus is about to happen to Apple's AppStore. Jobs said HTML5 was the future and not Flash attempting to doom Adobe. It seems HTML5 is going to doom the media revenues of their AppStore too.
This is a good move for media outlets on all fronts. Not just a move against idiotic demands of Apple. They shouldn't have to pay Apple or Google revenue streams for media content.
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The Financial Times' refusal to cooperate with Apple's new in-app subscription policies has resulted in the venerable news source being ousted from the iTunes App Store. The newspaper's civil disobedience may inspire other large companies to ditch iTunes as well, perhaps sparking an exodus from Apple's store and its policies, which are seen by many as greedy and restrictive.
Two months ago, Apple imposed new App Store rules that required developers to sell all product subscriptions through iTunes, with Apple taking a 30 percent cut of the profits. Developers lashed back, foreseeing that these restrictions could affect their revenues. Apple's olive branch was that those who didn't want to share profits had to remove in-app links to sites where subscriptions and products can be sold.
The Financial Times disagreed with these changes and immediately began prompting customers to visit the Web-based version of the newspaper as a clean workaround. Still, when Apple's deadline to put up or shut up came on June 30, the Financial Times stuck around for an extra two months and then jumped iTunes' ship altogether to focus on its HTML5-based Web app.
Complete Story
