SkyDrive 3.0: Microsoft Gave Up Fighting Apple's 30% Cut

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 3, 2013 @09:08AM from the if-you-can't-beat-'em dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft on Wednesday released SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS out of the blue. Last time the app was in the news, Apple was stopping Microsoft from pushing out an update in the App Store because the company doesn't pay a 30 percent cut of the subscription revenue it generates. Now we've learned how Microsoft managed to update its iOS app today. 'We worked with Apple to create a solution that benefited our mutual customers,' a Microsoft spokesperson told TNW. 'The SkyDrive app for iOS is slightly different than other SkyDrive apps in that people interested in buying additional storage will do so via the web versus in the app.' Does this set a precedent for an iOS version of Microsoft Office?"

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Re:iOS Office? No! by AlphaBit · 2013-04-03 09:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Speak for your own penis pix, please.
Re:iOS Office? No! by anagama · 2013-04-03 09:39 · Score: 5, Funny

The majority of iOS users ... send pictures of their ... boobs to random people
I'm trashing my android phone and getting an iPhone today!

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Re:This is the standard, "permissible" way for App by mbkennel · 2013-04-03 10:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Pray they don't alter the deal any further.