The Dark Horse Digital service is being shut down, and as a part of that, the Dark Horse Comics iOS app will now not be supported, in keeping with an announcement. Dark Horse Comics says folks ought to obtain comics they’ve bought by March thirtieth, as it’s going to finish help for its iOS app and the standalone Plants vs. Zombies comics app the next day.
You can nonetheless go to the Dark Horse Digital web site if you happen to make an account earlier than the deadline to learn the comics you’ve purchased — however solely via “no less than” summer season 2025, the corporate says in a FAQ. You may sync your web site account with the app to obtain points, in keeping with the announcement.
This isn’t completely the tip for Dark Horse’s book comics; the corporate says its books will proceed being out there “on quite a few digital studying platforms.” But it says it determined to cease its personal direct-to-reader gross sales as a result of “shopper studying preferences have advanced in numerous instructions.”
According to Dark Horse’s FAQ, you may get a refund for comics you’ve purchased this 12 months from its web site. But refunds for purchases from the iOS apps “should be mentioned with Apple,” the corporate says says.
While it’s good that Dark Horse gave patrons a heads-up to allow them to obtain their purchases and probably get refunds, it factors out in its FAQ that you just don’t personal digital books themselves, solely the license to them. That’s the peril of shopping for digital, and one thing Senator Ron Wyden known as out right this moment in a letter to the FTC.
