Apple now requires subscription and content apps, or “reader” apps, including Netflix, Disney + and Amazon’s Kindle, to give users a direct link to their website to sign up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shift exempts these apps from paying Apple commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move is part of a series of concessions to developers and comes as Apple battles legal and regulatory challenges to rules that app makers must abide by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Apple, “reader” apps are apps that provide previously purchased content or subscriptions to app-based magazines, newspapers, books, music, and video services, and, by definition, ebook readers like Kindle, video and music streaming services like Spotify, Netflix , AT&T’s HBO Max, and Disney+ Hulu are expected to fall into this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various music and video streaming apps circumvent the payment of commissions, which range from 15% to 30%, by asking subscribers to sign in and enter payment details on their websites and not in the App Store. Apple had prohibited developers from providing a link to this within their apps because it cannot earn a commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experts said that these changes will hopefully allow smaller developers, who do not have the capacity to reach millions of users, a direct relationship with their subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, you may view the original story from Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n