Previous App Store rules prevented reading apps from linking to their online page counterparts. Presumably, this to trap developers to use their payment formula in their apps so that the App Store could get 30% off. However, this only prompted those players to upload pop-up notices stating that they may simply not transact in the app.
Last September, Apple agreed to start allowing certain apps to be attached to their counterparts to close an antitrust investigation in Japan. A month later, a resolution in Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple required the Cupertino giant to allow apps to direct consumers to its subscription and account pages. Apple and Epic were not satisfied with the trial, but for other reasons.
Apple did not worry about the ruling on the resolution, since without stopping it closed all the possibilities for the App Store to reduce subscriptions to external services. He eventually asked for the ruling on the suspension of the resolution until December, mentioning that he would. disclose your users to fraud to enforce it so quickly. Presumably, the suspension would also have allowed Apple’s legal team to block the trial in legal proceedings potentially for years. Obviously, he didn’t stop him for almost that long.
Epic wasn’t happy because the resolution excluded secondary app retail outlets and payment methods. His entire business was based on Apple’s strict judgment on how games can distribute game content and currency, allowing it to get a 30% royalty for content that Apple didn’t help maintain.
“Apple’s special offer for ‘streaming apps’ like Amazon video, Netflix and Kindle is even more special!” tweeted a disgruntled Tim Sweeney. Starting in 2022, they can go directly online to sign up and “manage” accounts (possibly meaning: buying things with non-Apple payment strategies). “
Epic’s CEO and founder saw it as an option for apps that weren’t much more than those in the Fortnite game store. That is, he questioned the fact that Roblox sees itself as an “experience” rather than a game and Apple is employing it. as justification for labeling it as a reading app.
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