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Apple has changed its App Store rules in the U.S. to let apps link users to their own websites so they can buy subscriptions or other digital goodness .
This change comes aftera U.S. court of justice ruled in favor of Epic Gamesin a vitrine against the iPhone maker , ordering the latter not to prohibit apps from including features that couldredirect users to their own websites for make digital purchases .
“ The App Review Guidelines have been update for compliance with a United States court decision regarding buttons , external links , and other call to action in apps , ” Applesaid in a blog post .
The suit that Epic Games brought in 2020 concerned the amount of control Apple had over transactions done in apps hosted on its App Store . In 2021 , the game studio apartment won an injunction that rank Apple to give developers more option to redirect users to their own websites so they could keep off paying the tech giant a 30 % cut .
After its appeal against the injunction fail , Apple last yr originate allow other apps tolink out and apply non - Apple requital mechanisms , but it still took a 27 % commission and added what critics called “ scare screens . ”
This calendar week ’s ruling means Apple must stop demonstrate these “ scare filmdom , ” and the company has already remove guidepost aroundhow these screens and links should contain certain lyric .
We have asked Apple to confirm if it would stop charging apps a commission on payment made via external links , and we will update the chronicle if we hear back .
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As for Apple , it ’s not happy with the ruling . “ We strongly disagree with the determination . We will comply with the court ’s order and we will appeal , ” the party said in a statement .
Spotify , which has also been fighting with Apple over the same issue in various geographies , hasalready present a version of its app to the U.S. App Storewith links to let users bribe its subscription externally .
