Except if you choose not to use the Apple default, Apple charges you 15-30% on top of the solution you chose yourself, correct?
In other words, Apple is trying to crowd out competition by encouraging independent developers to avoid any option that does not have their all-encompassing logo plastered on it, all while claiming to give them choice…
No, Apple only charges commission on purchases within the app using apples system. You can implement your own and tell people to make a purchase they need to go to your website.
That’s what Netflix has always done as one example.
Okay. Somehow I got the 27% fee and the “Developers will also have to provide monthly reports of revenue generated through third-party payment systems” combined in my head. Still weird that Apple wants to know someone else’s finances, but they aren’t using those finances to charge developers extra money.
The article isn’t exactly clear, but it seems like Apple is going to allow third party processing for in app purchases now alongside using the App Store payment system, which will be subject to the App Store fee plus whatever the third party processing fee is, but linking to an external website will not. Apple is requiring information about revenue generated from third party payment systems within the app to set the appropriate App Store fee. 12 or 27% now down from 15 and 30%.
They are also explicitly going to allow apps to link to external websites for payment processing, which won’t be subject to any App Store fee.
Except if you choose not to use the Apple default, Apple charges you 15-30% on top of the solution you chose yourself, correct?
In other words, Apple is trying to crowd out competition by encouraging independent developers to avoid any option that does not have their all-encompassing logo plastered on it, all while claiming to give them choice…
No, Apple only charges commission on purchases within the app using apples system. You can implement your own and tell people to make a purchase they need to go to your website.
That’s what Netflix has always done as one example.
Okay. Somehow I got the 27% fee and the “Developers will also have to provide monthly reports of revenue generated through third-party payment systems” combined in my head. Still weird that Apple wants to know someone else’s finances, but they aren’t using those finances to charge developers extra money.
The article isn’t exactly clear, but it seems like Apple is going to allow third party processing for in app purchases now alongside using the App Store payment system, which will be subject to the App Store fee plus whatever the third party processing fee is, but linking to an external website will not. Apple is requiring information about revenue generated from third party payment systems within the app to set the appropriate App Store fee. 12 or 27% now down from 15 and 30%.
They are also explicitly going to allow apps to link to external websites for payment processing, which won’t be subject to any App Store fee.