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Any actionables from Epic vs Apple rulings?

Matthew Emery

F2P mobile game publisher:
“Any actionables from Epic v. Apple ruling(s) to consider NOW (Q2)?”

๐Ÿค  ๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ฅ: ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€
โ€ข For US users, you can ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ‘๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ’ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃโ—
โ€ข You can do this ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต
โ€ข So the ‘shop’ can still be native, in-App UI
โ€ข E.g. see XSolla’s new ‘Buy Button’ (pictured, rel. May5)

๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
โ€ข iOS apps can include ext. payment links
โ€ข Apple can’t collect 27% ๐Ÿ™„ of web-based revenue
โ€ข Apple has appealed, but must comply for now…

๐Ÿ“ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:
โ€ข U.S.-based players only (for now).
โ€ข Other countries = biz as usual.

Note that Apple’s popup conf. still required: “You are about to leave and go to an external website.”

That said, pretty cool! ๐Ÿค 

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