In-app Purchases

Cade ruled that Apple must allow app developers to add tools so customers can buy their services or products outside the app

Google Play's billing system is required for developers that sell in-app services and digital goods on the Google Play Store

Apple's policy change, disclosed this week, requires users and advertisers to make an in-app purchase when they pay to "boost" posts in apps like TikTok and Meta's Instagram

Apple has again extended its deadline requiring online group and event apps to comply with the company's in-app purchase policy.As per The Verge, apps in this category can now use alternate payment options until June 30, allowing them to skirt Apple's 15 to 30 per cent cut which the company takes out of in-app purchases."In 2020, we chose to support apps and developers that needed to adapt services from in-person to digital as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the recent resurgence of COVID and its continued impact on in-person services, we've extended the most recent deadline," Apple wrote in its developer's blog post.Apple introduced changes to its in-app purchase policy in September 2020, clarifying apps that provide "one-to-few and one-to-many real-time experiences," such as online classes and virtual group events, must process payments through in-app purchases.However, the company changed its rules to permit "person-to-person experiences" consisting of just two people, ...

This comes as a major victory for the developer and start-up community who have been vocal against the restrictive and anti-competitive practices of the two big firms

The parliament's legislation and judiciary committee is expected on Tuesday to approve the amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act, dubbed the "Anti-Google law"

Apple which hit the delay button on its Podcast Subscriptions programme, has now told podcasters that its finally launching in-app subscriptions next week

Last year, Google then stretched its deadline for Indian app developers to comply with a new billing system for commission fees by six months

Apple last week announced it will reduce the standard commission on its App Store from 30 per cent to 15 per cent for app developers with yearly proceeds of less than $1 million from next year

In India, only 3.1% users spend money on in-app purchases and an average user spends $0.27 per month per app