New Apple Store Guidelines for Outside Payments
Apple (Hacker News):
3.1.3(d): Person-to-Person Experiences: If your app enables the purchase of realtime person-to-person experiences between two individuals (for example tutoring students, medical consultations, real estate tours, or fitness training), you may use purchase methods other than in-app purchase to collect those payments. One-to-few and one-to-many realtime experiences must use in-app purchase.
I’m not sure what principle is operating there. You can tutor one child but not siblings? No medical consultations sitting in with an aging parent? A married couple can’t shop for a house or work out together?
3.1.3: Other Purchase Methods: The following apps may use purchase methods other than in-app purchase. Apps in this section cannot, either within the app or through communications sent to points of contact obtained from account registration within the app (like email or text), encourage users to use a purchasing method other than in-app purchase.
3.1.3(c): Enterprise Services: If your app is only sold directly by you to organizations or groups for their employees or students (for example professional databases and classroom management tools), you may use purchase methods in addition to in-app purchase to collect those payments. Consumer, single user, or family sales must use in-app purchase.
Previously:
- In-App Purchase Rules
- New Apple Store Guidelines for Reader Apps
- IFTTT Pro
- Tim Cook’s App Store Testimony
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AAPL, striving to be the DMV, while the real news is Tim Cook jawboning that he’ll finally leave. (“succession”)
I’m sure "one to few" means multiple customers/devices, not people in front of the same device.
I think it covers live streams and such, even with few viewers. Asymmetrical communication, not conversation.
