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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by saurik on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:01PM (#21907710)
As far as I can tell, they model those apps like banking apps, or Venmo, or PayPal, which you will note are all also allowed. However, they model stuff you do with these dApp browsers as direct payments for a service. Apple has a rule in their App Store review guidelines that if you sell something, you must do it via in-app purchase.
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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by cdiddy2 on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:53PM (#21908035)
Most dapps are more similar to investing like a tdameritrade, which is allowed in the app store. I guess that doesn't apply to all dapps though.
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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by newnewpdro on Sunday December 29, 2019 @09:17PM (#21910229)
And yet you can purchase things in conventional e-commerce using a web browser on an iphone without Apple getting their cut.

How is this any different?

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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by saurik on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:07PM (#21910479)
I am not defending Apple. I think Apple's behavior here should be illegal. I am merely stating what warped logic Apple seems to be locally applying here based on my understanding of the situation, from the perspective of their ludicrous, vague, and inconsistent policies.
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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by saagarjha on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:10PM (#21910493)
E-commerce presumably falls under “physical goods” in Apple’s eyes, which is allowed.
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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by newnewpdro on Sunday December 29, 2019 @11:19PM (#21910773)
Which seems rather arbitrary, it's not like you can't buy digital goods from Steam over the web.

This is yet another reason we must fight these proprietary app walled gardens. It's a clear regression from the open web.

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Re:Coinbase Wallet to remove DApp browser to comply with App... by m-p-3 on Monday December 30, 2019 @09:54AM (#21913664)
For a while, you couldn't have Steam Link on iOS because it would be "bad" for Apple if you did buy a PC game through a live stream of your desktop.

https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/15/steam-link-ios-launch/

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