The
Financial Times is the latest Corporation to challenge the might of Apple. Following
months of negotiations, they have resorted to withdrawing their app for iPhones and iPads.
The two companies
have faced a dispute over the control of customer data. Apple insisted sales must take place via its
App Store, giving it ownership of the data and a 30% cut of revenues. The Financial Times were not comfortable with
that, and having failed to end the impasse with Apple, the newspaper is now cancelling
its App Store app altogether and encouraging Apple customers to switch to the
web app. The Newspaper itself will still
be accessible through Apple devices via a browser-based web app.
Other firms are also
gravitating towards browser-based applications as a way of by-passing Apple's
sales platform. For example, Amazon
launched a web app for its Kindle eBook reader earlier this month that was
specifically tailored for iPad users.
The newspaper expects to launch the
Android version of the web app in the next two months.
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