It is believed Audible’s subscription model was previously caught up in this policy mess. The purchased Kindle books can then appear in the Kindle app, but you can’t actually perform the transaction inside the application. This is why Netflix doesn’t let you subscribe in the iPhone app itself, or why you have to go to to buy Kindle books. To work around these fees, many companies only let users log into their accounts in the app but anything involving subscribing or purchases must happen outside of the app (usually, through the website). App Store rules ensure Apple gets its 15-30% commission on eligible digital goods transactions. The old requirement to use the website instead of the in-app flow is thought to be due to Apple’s strict rules about In-App Purchase. But now, this functionality is available directly inside the native Audible app on iPhone and iPad. Before today, iOS users were forced to visit the website to actually spend these credits. With an Audible membership, users get (at least) one credit per month to spend to buy and own an Audible book forever. We have reached out to Audible for clarity.) ( Update: Some readers are telling us they have had this ability for a while. But every in-app purchase comes with a 30% commission to Apple or Google, which would explain why these two tech giants have completely enshittified direct downloading: the worse the direct download experience is, the better handing over a third of your gross revenue starts to look.It is now possible to buy new audiobooks and add them to your Audible library without having to use the web browser. You can skip all of this nonsense and just sell the files within an app that can handle all the downloading, unzipping, and playback behind the scenes. It’s a mystery why this is all so complicated. With a Kickstarter campaign now underway for the audio edition of his new book, ‘Red Team Blues,’ Cory Doctorow shares the mistakes of his past campaigns-and why it’s all worth
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