{"id":26625,"date":"2019-09-17T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26625"},"modified":"2019-09-17T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:09:56","slug":"apple-tweaks-rules-for-childrens-apps-and-sign-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/17\/apple-tweaks-rules-for-childrens-apps-and-sign-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Tweaks Rules for Children&rsquo;s Apps and Sign-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/09\/12\/apple-tweaks-app-store-rule-changes-for-childrens-apps-and-sign-in-services\/\">Matthew Panzarino<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/09\/12\/apple-tweaks-app-store-rule-changes-for-childrens-apps-and-sign-in-services\/\">\n<p>The changes announced at Apple&rsquo;s developer conference in the summer were significant, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/08\/20\/apple-aims-protect-kids-privacy-app-makers-say-it-could-devastate-their-businesses\/\">raised concerns among developers<\/a> that the rules could handicap their ability to do business in a universe that, frankly, offers tough alternatives to ad-based revenue for children&rsquo;s apps.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Both of those rules are being updated to add more nuance to their language around third-party services like ads and analytics. In June, Apple announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=06032019j\">very hard-line version<\/a> of these rule updates that essentially outlawed <i>any<\/i> third-party ads or analytics software and prohibited any data transmission to third-parties. The new rules offer some opportunities for developers to continue to integrate these into their apps, but also sets out explicit constraints for them.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Third-party contextual ads may be allowed, but <i>only<\/i> if those companies providing the ads have publicly documented practices and policies and <i>also offer human review of ad creatives.<\/i> That certainly limits the options, including most offerings from programmatic services.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Sign in with Apple will not be required in the following conditions[&#8230;] Most of these were sort of assumed to be true but were not initially clear in June.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to write good rules.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeiting\/status\/1172503713279303680\">Jacob Eiting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeiting\/status\/1172503713279303680\">\n<p>I only wish they had done this in the first place. If they had talked to the top 20 apps in the Kids category beforehand, they would have realized what a mess an ambiguous ban was going to be.<\/p>\n<p>But, props to them for listening and changing course.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/sign-in-with-apple\/\">Sign In with Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Panzarino: The changes announced at Apple&rsquo;s developer conference in the summer were significant, and raised concerns among developers that the rules could handicap their ability to do business in a universe that, frankly, offers tough alternatives to ad-based revenue for children&rsquo;s apps. 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