The fate of the Amazon Kindle iPhone and iPad apps has been up in the air since Apple introduced new rules back in February demanding a 30% cut of in-app purchases and banning apps from sending users to web stores to purchases content their instead.
Thankfully Amazon has decided not to pull the app entirely but has had to acquiesce to Apple’s demands by removing the button which linked the app to the Kindle Store…
Now to buy Kindle books on your iPhone or iPad, you have to open Safari yourself, type in the web address and hunt down the content you’re after manually. Kindle books will still be synced to the app but the change adds an extra, fiddly layer to the process.
You could avoid losing the link by just not updating the Kindle app but that would mean foregoing any future updates and new features. While the change is only a minor inconvenience it’s definitely a case of Apple putting its interests ahead of users.
If you’re irked by the move, let us know by diving into the comments.
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