News Corp. - A company bought by New York Post - began to block users iPad using Safari browser. Instead of accessing the page from the NYPost, the address directs the user to the NYPost App with the following message:
"Thanks for stopping by! The editorial content of NYPost.com is now only accessible by the application on the iPad New York Post. If you are a subscriber to the New York Post application, please visit the App Store and download the latest version of the application to access through the INDEX NYPost.com. If you are not a subscriber to the New York Post application, and would like to subscribe, please download the application from the App Store. Thanks "
The subscription will cost $ 6.99 per month, $ 39.99 for six months or $ 79.99 a year without the option of buying individual edition. News Corp. also launched a daily edition in the early years, the first edition exclusive to tablets.
If I did not think the NYPost a complete crap, I'd be angry. Fortunately, the reprisal against this attitude discouraged other companies from copying the scheme.
However, the paper can still be accessed by the Skyfire and Opera. The Post also works on Android Honeycomb tablets. Apple clearly will not be happy with that. On the subject, the software developer, entrepreneur and writer David Winer says: "This is ruining the web. If anyone used the iPad, might not be important. But many people use. "
And how Apple behaves on that? I can not imagine that the company approves. I can even see the ad now: "Take one tablet Android to navigate the web." Perhaps the simple fact that you can hide that I'm using Safari preferences iPad would be enough.
