WordPress developer said Apple wouldn't allow updates to the free app until it added in-app purchases -- letting Apple collect a 30% cut (AAPL)

Mark Lennihan/AP WordPress is adding in-app purchases to its previously free iOS app after claiming Apple prevented it from making updates until the change was made, The Verge reported Friday. WordPress' founding developer said in a tweet Friday that Apple cut off developers from making updates to the app unless they started letting users buy domain names within the app — a service the app doesn't currently include. The Verge reported that WordPress agreed, meaning Apple effectively pressured ...