Steve Jobs: Subscription Charges Are Only For Newspapers And Magazines

Steve Jobs has apparently made it clear that Apple's new 30% subscription charge for in-app subscriptions is only for newspapers and magazines..

Developers were worried it will also apply to other in-app purchases like games.

A developer emailed the Apple CEO, who's currently on sick leave, and got this reply:

We created subscriptions for publishing apps, not SaaS apps.Sent from my iPhone

The reply seems to be clear: the new subscription service does not apply to apps that offer in-app "Software as a Service" ie games and the like.

This may help game developers,but newspaper and magazine publishers are still fighting the new system.  They say they can't afford Apple's 30% take.

(Via: TNW)

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