Ground level: A federal judge should allow apple to offer the third-party payment options using an in-app link a day after the verdict was pronounced, Cupertino giants announced significant changes in their app store policies for compliance with the ruling. The revised guidelines now allow app developers to provide apple to Apple without paying Apple to provide external link or payment gateway for app purchase and membership.
According to Apple Revised guidelinesThe apps listed on the iOS and MACOS app store will no longer be prohibited including “button, external links, or other call to action”, which directs consumers for third party payment options. However, the change affects the apps only on the US app store, meaning that there will be no change in existing policies in foreign markets.
The guidelines were updated after a court verdict last year in which Apple was ordered to allow them to include external payment options. However, Apple still charged a fee from the developers so that they could offer third party payment links. The latest changes now remove that “entitlement” clause allows developers to accept the payment through external sources without paying the so -called “Apple Tax”.
The latest changes now remove that “entitlement” clause allows developers to accept the payment through external sources without paying the so -called “Apple Tax”.
Spotify quickly adopted the new policy, releasing an app update that provides an external payment option to customers. Calling Apple’s policy “Win for consumers, artists, creators and writers”, company, company Said The revised guidelines will eventually allow us to offer consumers to “low prices, more control and easy access to Spotify experience”.
Policy changes were announced a day after a historic verdict in the long -running antitrust case filed by the epic Games against Apple by Judge Yavon Gonzalez Rogers, District Court Judge of California. In his judgment, Judge Rogers criticized Apple for failing to follow the order of the previous court and reprimanded CEO Tim Cook and other officials for defying the court.
The judge had earlier ruled that Apple should allow developers to offer external payment options to consumers, without the need to pay the standard 30 percent commission of Apple. However, Apple tried to bypass the order by imposing 27 percent commission on apps using external payment methods.
Approxation of Apple with the ruling does not mean that the company is taking a lateback. The company has openly stated that they disagree strongly with the decision and are planning to appeal to the verdict as per law.
