Comments on: iPhone 3.0 to include peer-to-peer support, push notification http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/03/17/iphone-30-to-include-peer-to-peer-support-push-notification/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: NormM http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/03/17/iphone-30-to-include-peer-to-peer-support-push-notification/comment-page-1/#comment-17858 NormM Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:06:59 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3314#comment-17858 When Scott talked about the in-app purchase API, he talked as if no existing apps include a content-purchase or service-purchase feature yet: for example, he said that you currently need a separate ebook app for each book. This worried me a bit, since it sounded like he was saying that Apple would require the use of their purchase API for apps that sell anything. Looking at additional information I could find, it seems clear that instead Apple is simply providing an optional micro-payments API that developers can use, but are not required to use. Only paid apps can use this, because free apps don't involve signing a financial agreement with Apple. Apps like Stanza and the Amazon app that handle their own content purchases shouldn't be affected. When Scott talked about the in-app purchase API, he talked as if no existing apps include a content-purchase or service-purchase feature yet: for example, he said that you currently need a separate ebook app for each book. This worried me a bit, since it sounded like he was saying that Apple would require the use of their purchase API for apps that sell anything.

Looking at additional information I could find, it seems clear that instead Apple is simply providing an optional micro-payments API that developers can use, but are not required to use. Only paid apps can use this, because free apps don’t involve signing a financial agreement with Apple. Apps like Stanza and the Amazon app that handle their own content purchases shouldn’t be affected.

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