Re:Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
by fainpul on Monday October 27, 2025 @12:29PM
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I'm confused, because the version you can install for free is literally that: you get the 10 tutorial challenges and 1 subsequent challenge for free, then you have to pay to buy / unlock the full game. How is that different from the classic shareware / demo concept? Obviously it's not banned.
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Re:Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
by fragmede on Monday October 27, 2025 @11:14PM
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> Demos, betas, and trial versions of your app don’t belong on the App Store – use TestFlight instead.
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#bet...
Re:Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
by anonymous908213 on Monday October 27, 2025 @11:30PM
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This doesn't apply to a demo with a full product behind it. You can release your "demo" combined as one app, with a small subset of content available for free and the rest locked behind a macrotransaction. Which is what OP already does, except they also have microtransactions targeting children on the side. This essentially only prohibits you from releasing a demo if the demo is for an unfinished product.