Kindle App Gets Biggest iOS Change in Over a Decade

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Amazon has updated the Kindle app for iOS to include a new "Get Book" button that links users directly to purchase pages on Amazon's website, following a recent court ruling that prohibits Apple from blocking external purchase links or imposing a 27% commission on them (via The Verge).

Beginning in 2011, Apple began enforcing guidelines that required developers to either use Apple's in-app purchase system (incurring a 30% commission) or remove any links, buttons, or instructions that would guide users to alternative purchasing methods.

This is the first time since the enforcement of Apple's in-app purchasing restrictions that Kindle users on iOS have had a direct route from the app to Amazon's store.

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Author / Journalist: Hartley Charlton

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Kindle Amazon

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Published On: 2025-05-06 @ 08:36:30 (20 hours ago)

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