We reported this morning that Apple was demanding WordPress.com add in-app purchases to their app so Apple may get a 30% share from the sale of their paid internet hosting plans.
The present WordPress app solely lets customers handle their websites and make free web sites, and Apple was blocking WordPress for releasing any updates or bug fixes for the app until they met Apple’s demand.
The furore attributable to the information has resulted in certainly one of Apple’s uncommon (however more and more frequent) climbdowns, with the corporate releasing their maintain on WordPress’s app updates.
In an announcement they mentioned:
We consider the difficulty with the WordPress app has been resolved. Since the developer eliminated the show of their service fee choices from the app, it’s now a free stand-alone app and doesn’t have to supply in-app purchases. We have knowledgeable the developer and apologize for any confusion that we have now triggered.
The assertion claims the app had revealed the existence of paid WordPress.com plans with out providing the choice to buy them within the app, which was a violation of Apple’s Store guidelines, and implies that the maintain on the app has been launched after the developer eliminated the references.
