This is exactly right. Ever since they brought in in-app purchases to the app store they have required a 30% cut of everything. This isn't a dig at bitcoin specifically.
My local bus service sells bus tickets through an iOS app and they have to give up 30% of the sale to Apple. Even major retailers like Amazon and B&N ended up removing in app purchases back in 2011 [1] to avoid Apple taking 30% of their business. They are not even allowed to link to their own web stores from their apps.
Frankly I'm just amazed Gliph ever got that functionality in there in the first place.
The in-app purchase rule only applies to virtual goods. A bus ticket, much like a plane ticket, should not fall under this rule. And, in fact, you are prohibited from selling real-world items via in-app purchase.
What you're buying isn't the virtual ticket. It's the bus ride.
Indeed. You can buy good on Amazon's iOS app to be delivered to your door without Apple getting a penny, but buying Kindle ebooks in your Kindle app is a different story. The difference is that in the Kindle case you're buying content for use in your app.
My local bus service sells bus tickets through an iOS app and they have to give up 30% of the sale to Apple. Even major retailers like Amazon and B&N ended up removing in app purchases back in 2011 [1] to avoid Apple taking 30% of their business. They are not even allowed to link to their own web stores from their apps.
Frankly I'm just amazed Gliph ever got that functionality in there in the first place.
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20082925-93/apple-forces-am...