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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by etaioinshrdlu on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:48PM (#28323792)
Not exactly. Developers were free to take outside payments for apps. Developers were forbidden from linking or talking about this from within the app. On their on website was OK. This change lets developers tell their customer about outside payments from within the app.

From what I gather, apps are still required to accept Apple Pay if they offer any type of in-app purchase.

And apps that do not work without an outside-app purchase are still rejected as well.

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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by n0w on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:14PM (#28323921)
Based on the news release from Apple it looks like developers still aren't allowed to link to this from inside the app. It only allows for out of app communications (like email)?
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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by pritambaral on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:05AM (#28324176)
> It only allows for out of app communications (like email)?

That's not new.

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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by ElFitz on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:18PM (#28323936)
> And apps that do not work without an outside-app purchase are still rejected as well.

Apps such as Netflix & Spotify?

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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by croes on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:31PM (#28324022)
Sure, because the rules are the same for all. No wait, only for those that Apple does not necessarily want to have in its App Store.
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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by viktorcode on Friday August 27, 2021 @05:28AM (#28325791)
Same rules for all developers; not same rules for all kinds of apps. Those may have different criteria.
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Re:Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store by ElFitz on Friday August 27, 2021 @07:12AM (#28326335)
Hey then? Or any B2B SaaS’ app, for that matter?
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