Apple extended the exemption to in-app payments for applications onApp Store who organize events and online lessons. This type of app will not have to give to Apple 15-30% of their income, as is the case for all the other applications in the Apple digital store.
Apple extends in-app payment waiver for online class and event apps
In a blog post for Apple’s developers, Apple explains its decision to extend an exemption which normally does not give to anyone. And that actually led to a long (and not yet fully concluded) legal battle with Epic.
“In 2020 we chose to support apps and developers who needed to adapt services from in-person presence to digital events, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the recent wave of cases that continues to impact on-the-spot services, we have decided to extend the most recent deadline “.
In September 2020, Apple explained that it would reintroduce changes for in-app payments. But only for the applications they offered live events or lessons to some or many users at the same time. Instead, the exemption would only continue for apps that provide one-to-one reports, such as medical consultations. But after the protests, he has re-established the exemption for online lessons and events in November 2020.
However, the ability to use alternative payment methods should have ended December 31, 2021. With this last communication, Apple has instead extended the exemption up to this summer.
The decision will certainly be welcomed by the many services that offer yoga classes or other forms of sport, as well as concerts and forms of entertainment. And many others. But leave the question to all other developers: if these purchases outside the App Store are safe, because the ones for the other apps are not?