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Apple to Waive In-App Purchase Requirement for Online Group and Event Apps Until June
Online group and event apps for iOS won’t have to say goodbye quite yet to Apple’s pandemic-related exemptions to its in-app purchase policy.
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Apple Must Let Dating Apps Offer Alternative Payment Options in the App Store, Dutch Regulator Says
Apple’s App Store payment policy was just dealt another blow in the Netherlands, where the Authority for Consumers and Markets, or ACM, the country’s top competition regulator, determined the rules violated Dutch competition law by not allowing dating apps to offer users alternative payment options.
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It Looks Like Apple Is Hoping to Postpone Opening Up the App Store to Third-Party Payment Portals
While Apple declared the outcome of its legal battle with Epic Games a “resounding victory,” it was not a complete one. The federal judge in the case ordered Apple to allow developers to link to third-party payment portals in the App Store by Dec. 9, a deadline the company seems to want to push back…
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Apple Will Tweak App Store Rules for Content Apps Like Spotify, Netflix
As part of a settlement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Apple announced today that it would tweak its App Store rules to allow certain app developers to include a link to an external website to set up or manage accounts. This will be rolled out globally beginning in early 2022 and essentially allows developers…