Didn't Steve Jobs personally say the rules weren't going to affect software-as-a-service? To be honest I can't quite figure out what VIZ is, but it seems more SAAS like.
*Edit: Thanks to rome's comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2286805 and reading Red Foundry's page a bit I understand the app a bit more. It seems to be for testing your (Red Foundry) apps, not downloading other peoples apps. Seems to me that these test apps are intentionally unpublished.
I'm confused how charging $0.99 will solve the problem. If they're forced to charge anything through in-app purchasing, wouldn't it be the same prices they are charging on their pricing page on their website?
I think this is the biggest issue with the new subscription rule: Not the 30%, not the requirement to price match, but that it's just so confusing that nobody really understands what applies and where.
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They're charging out of store for subscriptions. Apple said no, so they're charging in the store.
The end.
*Edit: Thanks to rome's comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2286805 and reading Red Foundry's page a bit I understand the app a bit more. It seems to be for testing your (Red Foundry) apps, not downloading other peoples apps. Seems to me that these test apps are intentionally unpublished.
"Building your app is entirely free until you publish it. You do not need to choose your pricing plan until you get ready to publish your app."
And that seems only to apply if you publish through them.
There service to build an app is not free but the app, which is for testing, was free. It's soon to be a buck a month, Apple's minimum.