Fortnite Maker Epic Games and Spotify test new Apple Store Store rules by sending applications for review that would never have been allowed before. On Friday, both companies have sent new versions of their applications to review the Apple application.
In the case of epic games, this would mean Fortnite's return to the App Store. Apple deleted the game in 2020 and finished the EPIC account after the company questioned the App Store rules, adding support for direct payments to Fortnite, before filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
Meanwhile, Spotify We hope to allow users To directly buy individual audiobooks and allow premium subscribers to buy “topping up” for listening to audiobooks. (These hours can be bought when subscribers go 15 free hours that they receive each month.)
The latest streamer update appears on the heels of Apple approvals this week Amazon Kindle, which for the first time added the “Buy Book” button. He also follows the approval that Spotify has received last week, which allows users to access prices for their subscription plans in the streaming application.
Over time, more applications will probably join Epic and Spotify games to take advantage of the new App Store Store.
In the case of technology companies such as Epic and Spotify, a change in the App Store principle, which the judge is required in the process, consists in increasing their results, but for smaller programmers this may even affect their ability to exist, because it allows you to develop new business models.
The updated apps of the App Store were introduced last week after Apple lost a serious legal battle in the antitrust case submitted by Epic Games, when the federal judge ruled that Apple did not observe court orders regarding purchases in the application. Although Apple won this lawsuit to a large extent, the judge ordered the technological giant to be more competitive when it comes to payment processing.
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Instead of enabling programmers a link to their website to offer consumers a different way of paying for things, such as virtual goods or subscriptions, Apple required programmers to apply for this permission. If this, developers also had to format how the links appeared in their Apple preferences, which included the use of “scary screens” to warn consumers from shopping dangers outside the Apple walls.
Most importantly, Apple continued to charge a strong commission on selling 27%, compared to 30% before changes.
He didn't mean this judge, so Apple forced Apple to abandon his anti -competitive barriers and allow programmers to link with the options for purchasing the network without any additional rims for jumping and without commission.
