Apple IAP Restrictions
Discussions center on Apple's App Store policies mandating in-app purchases for subscriptions and digital goods with a 30% cut, while prohibiting apps from informing users about cheaper external payment options or alternatives.
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Afaik from other discussions of this Apple do not allow apps to inform users that they can pay cheaper outside the app
Looks pretty cool, but wouldn't apple screw you? I don't think they'll like this, they want users to buy with the app store.
Hey should just offer to subscribe, and just make clear there is a 30% Apple tax for paying through Apple, and is cheaper if signed up through the web. Consumers whom want to pay the Apple tax will, those whom would sign up online would still do so. I dont see the big deal here.
Apple made themselves an exclusive payment provider for all iOS in-app subscriptions and payments for digital products. Merely mentioning anywhere that cheaper payment options exist is an AppStore ToS violation.
Show me a traditional App Store app that doesn’t pay 30% of IAP to Apple.
In-app purchases are processed by apple as well.
Is not about the percentage, are you aware that you can't even mention you can buy a subscription from the website in the iOS application? Apple does not allow alternative app stores and is actively blocking you to inform of alternative methods of payment.
No, it doesn't.https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1272976901762478080"We noticed that your app allows customers to access content, subscriptions, or features they have purchased elsewhere, but those items were not available as in-app purchases within the app.""Since the email services offered in your app are not the type listed under guideline
Apple is not letting apps do that anymore. You can have payment through your web app, but you must also permit payment via the iOS app, where Apple gets 30%.
It's for subscription services I believe. The case brought up often is Netflix which is forced to allow people to sign up on their game apps for the regular price even though apple takes 30% of the revenue from those users.