F2P mobile game publisher: “Any actionables from Epic v. Apple ruling(s) to consider NOW (Q2)?”
๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ: ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ โข For US users, you can ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ‘๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ’ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฃโ โข You can do this ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต โข So the ‘shop’ can still be native, in-App UI โข E.g. see XSolla’s new ‘Buy Button’ (pictured, rel. May5)
๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด: โข iOS apps can include ext. payment links โข Apple can’t collect 27% ๐ of web-based revenue โข Apple has appealed, but must comply for now…
๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ: โข U.S.-based players only (for now). โข Other countries = biz as usual.
Note that Apple’s popup conf. still required: “You are about to leave and go to an external website.”