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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by nathankunicki on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:55PM (#24731863)
The main problem there is you are not able to pay a premium for IAP subscriptions. Apple mandates that functionally equal options cost the same inside the app as outside, despite Apple taking the 30% cut for IAP.
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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by gingerlime on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:43PM (#24732404)
> Apple mandates that functionally equal options cost the same inside the app as outside

Do they? I heard it before, but when I tried to search the developer guidelines, I couldn’t spot anything specific about this.

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