I-App Store isiqalile ukuphromotha imidlalo ngaphandle kokuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo ku-App Store ekhasini layo elifakiwe. Isigaba sibizwa ngokuthi 'Khokha kanye bese udlala. Amageyimu amahle ngaphandle kokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo »okudingeka kuphela ukufaka amageyimu angenalo uhlelo lokukhokha oluncane oluvame kakhulu muva nje kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza namageyimu adala ukucasuka okuningi kunezinsiza kubathengi nakubasebenzisi.
Isigaba isiqalile ukukhushulwa e-UK kanti isinyathelo esilandelayo kulindeleke ukuthi kube yi-US App Store, yize kuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi ifinyelele kuma-iDevices ethu. Eminyakeni yamuva nje i-Apple ibithatha izinyathelo zokuqapha futhi ibheka ngokusolisayo uhlobo lwemidlalo ebizwa nge- "freemium" yize kungathiwa "khokha ukunqoba", njengoba kwenzeka osukwini lwayo, ishintshe inkinobho "yamahhala" "Ye" uthole "kanye nokungeza umaki othize okhombisa ukuthi izinhlelo zokusebenza ziqukethe ama-micropayments.
Asazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ngabe lesi sigaba esisha sizoba yinto ehlala njalo ye-App Store, esingayamukela, noma kunalokho ingesinye sezingxenye zesikhashana eziningi ekhasini Elifakiwe. Noma ngabe yikuphi lapho lesi sigaba esisha siya khona, kuyacaca ukuthi i-Apple ikhathazekile ngokufakwa okukhulayo kwale ndlela ecasulayo.
Okucacayo ukuthi impikiswano yama-micropayment ayipheli, ize yathatha i-Apple yayisa enkantolo ngosuku lwayo, futhi akubukeki sengathi kuhamba kancane. Sesivele singathola izinkampani ezinkulu zentuthuko ezifana ne-Electronics Arts kanye neGameloft ezijoyina i- lo mkhuba ongabazekayo ovame ukuguqula umdlalo oyingqayizivele ube ngumshini we-slot kubukela phansi isipiliyoni somdlali emikhawulweni engalindelekile. Noma kunjalo lapho kubonakala ukuthi umsebenzisi we-App Store akayona imali encane kakhulu emakethe. Ukusuka lapha ngikhuthaza bonke abathuthukisi ukuthi bagweme le mikhuba, uma kungekho noyedwa ozimisele ukukhokha i- € 4,99 ngaphambili kumdlalo wakho noma uhlelo lwakho lokusebenza, kungahle kungakufanele, kepha dala ukuncika noma okulindelwe, bese ukuluhlwitha ngendlela yama-micropayments akubonakali kuncomeka kakhulu.