@dinoSnake: Yes, Apple is requiring the Kindle app et al to allow in-app purchases of content as well as the existing out-app purchases people can make today, or those apps will be pulled from the app store.

@dinoSnake: What do you mean "if Apple allows it"? At the risk of repeating myself:

@Mark 2000: Can you cite some sort of law against what you're describing, a law that would be the basis of your lawsuit?

@Mark 2000: Please explain how this situation is illegal.

@jiznerdo: "We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same option is also available to customers from within the app."

@Mark 2000: If you don't like it, don't use in-app purchases to buy your subscriptions. Simple.

@dinoSnake: "We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same option is also available to customers from within the app."

@dinoSnake: "We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same option is also available to customers from within the app."

@katiefulton: You can load books on Apple devices without going through any Apple apparatus either, just use PDF.

@BillBallantine: Well the article doesn't say how much - if anything - Apple would take from in-app purchases. They won't be able to just add $5 to each purchase for example, otherwise customers would never use in-app purchasing.

@SewerShark: Brick and mortar bookstores have done this forever, as do other online media sellers like Amazon and Google. What's the big deal?

@BillBallantine: "We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same option is also available to customers from within the app."

@Mark 2000: Gamestop makes money from the EA games sold in their stores for example, but if you like you can download your games directly from EA. In the same way Apple devices are acting as a storefront for in-app purchases like Kindle books, but you can just buy directly from Amazon if you prefer.

@Mark 2000: They're not blocking existing content, or even new content, since Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.

@Walternate: Absolutely, and I see nothing here that says this isn't the case.

@mernmern: Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.

@Matthew VanAndel: Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.

@jiznerdo: Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.

@BillBallantine: Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.

@henrythe808th: Kindle users can still buy content through the Amazon website, bypassing Apple entirely.