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Apple Updates App Store Rules to Allow External Purchase Links in US
Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to comply with a U.S. court order, modifying rules for external links, buttons, and calls to action in apps on the U.S. App Store storefront. Announced May 1st, the changes specifically affect Guidelines 3.1.1, 3.1.1(a), 3.1.3, and 3.1.3(a) for apps distributed in the United States.What this really changes is how apps on the US store can point users toward ways to pay outside of Apple's own In-App Purchase system. Up until now, strict rules generally blocked this everywhere, unless a developer got specific permission through one of Apple's special programs, called entitlements.Under the revised Guideline 3.1.1, the section dealing with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) now includes an exception for the US. While apps globally still cannot include buttons or links to external purchasing mechanisms when allowing users to browse NFT collections owned by others, this restriction no longer applies to apps on the United States storefront.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube
Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to comply with a U.S. court order, modifying rules for external links, buttons, and calls to action in apps on the U.S. App Store storefront. Announced May 1st, the changes specifically affect Guidelines 3.1.1, 3.1.1(a), 3.1.3, and 3.1.3(a) for apps distributed in the United States.
What this really changes is how apps on the US store can point users toward ways to pay outside of Apple's own In-App Purchase system. Up until now, strict rules generally blocked this everywhere, unless a developer got specific permission through one of Apple's special programs, called entitlements.
Under the revised Guideline 3.1.1, the section dealing with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) now includes an exception for the US. While apps globally still cannot include buttons or links to external purchasing mechanisms when allowing users to browse NFT collections owned by others, this restriction no longer applies to apps on the United States storefront.
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What this really changes is how apps on the US store can point users toward ways to pay outside of Apple's own In-App Purchase system. Up until now, strict rules generally blocked this everywhere, unless a developer got specific permission through one of Apple's special programs, called entitlements.
Under the revised Guideline 3.1.1, the section dealing with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) now includes an exception for the US. While apps globally still cannot include buttons or links to external purchasing mechanisms when allowing users to browse NFT collections owned by others, this restriction no longer applies to apps on the United States storefront.
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