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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by DaiPlusPlus on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:55PM (#24447757)
Those kinds of apps today tend to be part of a SaaS service and listed as Free in the App Store. Provided it’s B2B and not B2C - and you do signups and payments on your own website - then you’re exempt from the self-service signup (and 30% tax) requirements.

The catch is that as you get bigger and seem more B2C than B2B then Apple might start to take notice (see: Hey e-mail).

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by chipotle_coyote on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:07PM (#24448661)
Well, I was thinking of things like media editing (or specialized text editing) and other apps, not all of which work well in a true SaaS model. On the other hand, it's significant that more and more of those have moved toward a subscription model...
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