When the deadline finally came for apps to conform to Apple’s new rules governing in-app purchases, giving Apple a 30% cut from any in-app purchase or subscription and eliminating links to outside e-shops, most of the biggest names — like Amazon’s Kindle app — ultimately grin and bore up.
Conspicuously, though, the Financial Times never updated its app… and after two months of standing defiant, the App Store ban hammer has finally dropped. Apple’s serious about their cut!
Not that it will make much of a difference to the Finacial Times. While their apps were still on the App Store up until a day or so ago, they’d already announced that they wouldn’t be complying with Apple and would instead off an HTML5 based web app, which is apparently quite popular, despite a subscription costing $4.99 per week. If you’re upset that the native apps have suddenly gone bye-bye, you can find the web app here.
