It's not an issue that [insert digital good here] is cheaper on the seller's website than in the Apple App Store. What Apple prohibits you from is telling your client that the [insert digital good here] is available for purchase somewhere else or that there's a special kind of a markup on the App Store option.
I don't think that's entirely true. Apps can use SMS or open the OS browser to accept payments and not be in direct violation of the guidelines.
>Apps can use SMS or open the OS browser to accept payments and not be in direct violation of the guidelines.
Which apps are allowed to open the browser for payments? I don't think even Netflix isn't allowed to do it. They just say "You can't make an account in the app" (paraphrasing) on the sign in page.
I'm under the impression anything done outside the app doesn't really fall under App Review territory. Embedding a UIWebView is considered in-app, and an embedded SFSafariViewController has slightly different rules.
Re:Epic direct payment on mobile
by meheleventyone on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:26AM
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No if you have a payment method setup you can pay using it directly from the apps themselves:
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/announcing-epi...
Then in the app the Apple/Play payment method is explicitly not discounted.
So, you use your browser, login to epicstore with your account, purchase v-bucks at 20% discount and you use those v-bucks in all Epic Games regardless the platform.