By now we all know the battle in which they are immersed Apple and Epic Games on account of direct payments in some applications within the App Store. They are prohibited and doing it on your own has meant the elimination of the Epic developer account. But there is an application whose developers They have managed to introduce an element that according to the rules of the App Store, is not allowed.
Apple has provided mechanisms for developers to adjust the rules. This is what the creator of Guardian VPN has taken advantage of
Guardian VPN is an existing application for iOS that tries to increase the security in the Internet connections of its users. The app's developer, Will Strafach offered a free day pass for those who were interested in the app. Nevertheless clashed head-on with Apple guidelines which establishes that at least 7 days must be offered.
Point 3.1.2 of Apple's guidelines clearly state:
If you offer an auto-renewing subscription, you must provide ongoing value to the customer and the subscription period must last at least seven days and be available on all user devices.
Since WWDC that occurred this year, Apple gave developers the opportunity to contradict these rules of the App Store. In this way, the Guardian VPN developer has tried, using legal arguments, to accept the one-day pass, warning that it is a premium purchase for 24 hours and not a free pass. In this way, Apple has had no choice but to access this new situation.
Apple has informed us today that @guardianiosapp Updates will be rejected unless we remove the Day Pass capability.
they say this has always been the rule.
it's a good thing that all developers are treated equally in the App Store, right? pic.twitter.com/5pCCdaLnqy
- Will Strafach (@chronic) August 14
The creator of the application has written on Twitter that the new means of being able to challenge the rules of the American company, works and that It is possible to offer content and promotions that in principle may be prohibited but if you fight you can get it,
Moment this example has not been passed on to Epic Games what have you seen how Apple is not backtracking on its decisions.
