[ceejayoz]

It’s an app for users of the service. The Netflix app is useless without a subscription, too.

[greiskul]

It's like if an university released an app for it's student body, they were forced to allow anybody to sign up to the university with Apple pay. And give Apple 30% of the tuition.

[etchalon]

Except Apple specifically exempts real world services, because they agree. That'd be insane.

[camgunz]

How is email not a real world service. What even is a non-real world service?

[etchalon]

Digital goods are not real world services. Labor, food, physical products, etc. are considered "real world services" according to Apple's language.

[nhumrich]

College is "digital goods" these days.

[camgunz]

I’ll buy that (ironically) when they make iCloud free.

[etchalon]

… that does not follow. Apple's definitions aren't based on whether a good is free. It's based on whether the service is delivered without real-world interaction by the user.

Tuition at a brick-and-mortar college? No cut.

On-demand video service with tutorials? They get a cut.