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iPad Won't Allow Mag Subscriptions

  • Wired, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:47 AM
Apple revised the terms of service for its iTunes software, adding a new feature to send apps as gifts. However, the new feature comes with restrictions that may limit the flexibility of magazine publishers to market their wares as they see fit.

Apple prohibits the gifting of "in-app purchases, in-app subscriptions, [and] upgrades," which means you can't buy someone virtual goods within an iPhone or iPad app. So buying a digital subscription to a mag, unlike a print version, is out. That news should be a little disappointing for publishers hailing the iPad as the future of magazines.

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