Why Apple’s Subscription Terms Are A Lose-Lose-Lose

Apple’s recent tweak to its in-app subscriptions policy was not a big “back-track”, a “reversal”, nor a “climbdown”. It was an adjustment, designed to soothe an impasse that remains in place between Apple and the many, if not all, proprietors irate at what they see as a landgrab. Despite the concessions, the situation, for all three groups concerned, is still an unsatisfactory “lose-lose-lose” stalemate that must be resolved fully at a later date…