Digital comics publisher and distributor Dark Horse Digital will close its digital platform and apps from March 31, 2023, with the company advising customers to download any purchases by that date.
The publisher has also said that digital comics bought through its apps will only be accessible via the Dark Horse Digital website until at least summer 2025.
The company has stated that it is ending its direct-to-consumer digital sales as consumer reading preferences have changed.
Digital comics bought through the app will still be available on various other digital reading platforms, according to Dark Horse.
Customers can obtain refunds for purchases made on the website in 2023, while purchases made via the apps have to be discussed with Apple.
The announcement highlights the issue of licencing of digital products, rather than ownership, a point picked up by US senator Ron Wyden in a letter to the FTC yesterday.