Financial Times has withdrawn from Apple's App Store
The renowned business newspaper Financial Times (FT) has removed its iPad and iPhone applications from Apple's online store. A spokesperson for the British newspaper said on Wednesday that a compromise could not be reached in the dispute over customer data.
Apple wants access to subscribers' customer data, but the FT rejects this. The iPhone manufacturer has recently demanded that app subscriptions must be processed via its own online store. This gives the company access to the data of millions of cell phone and tablet users.
The iPad, which was introduced a year and a half ago, was a key driver behind the rising number of subscriptions to the online edition of the FT. They now account for around a quarter of all subscriptions. To become less dependent on Apple, in June the FT became the first major newspaper to launch a web-based version of its mobile app. Subscribers will soon be able to log in from any device via their internet browser. (SDA)
