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Tech veteran epic sports and Apple have been excluding it in court for years, and Apple was just handed over one. Ruling This has changed the rules of the US App Store.
A Judge from California found Apple engaging in anticomotive practices. The ruling “takes steps to continue to intervene in the competition of Apple’s continuous efforts.”
US apps are No longer forbidden By adding external links, buttons, or other methods, users to leave the app “Browse others owned by others.”
Apple will not be able to prevent the US app store app from adding pathway to external pages, and apps can now encourage users to go on those pages.
The main reason it was a point of dispute because apple apps are subject to the apps downloaded from the store. Apple rulesWhich preference in-app purchases and prohibits or makes it difficult for developers to link to external marketplace.
In-app purchases were hit with a fee from Apple (up to 30%) on every purchase, resulting in slimmer margin for developers and/or high prices for consumers. Now, Apple is not allowed to slap the “Apple Tax” on the purchase of externally created app (but still can collect up to 30% on in-app purchases).
I first saw some Crypto game around the old rules of Apple, such as in-point messages indist unclean indist indicating that the “PC version” does not provide some items available at the iOS version shop. The apps did not even link to the above versions or directly told the players how to get NFTS to use in their game.
But this is not a great gaming experience, and it probably confuses some players.
Due to the ruling, Apple approved a Spotify update that would allow streaming giants to offer more pay transparency and external links to users. epic Said It is finally bringing Fortnite back to the US iOS app store this week. European Union Games are able to get it through Epic’s own games stores since August, Thanks for the Digital Market Act of the European Union,
So, what does this latest rule mean for Crypto?
All types of apps – from games to trading apps, NFT Marketplace and Wallet – can now openly link to external pages where users can shop without Apple fees. This means that Indy Crypto game can be more durable and more transparent for users without gray-area fencing. This also means that marketplaces like Opensea can link directly to web versions so that users can buy NFT.
Apps using iOS have always been able to offer in-app purchases, and some have not chosen in large parts due to the profit margin with those fees.
This will also help small developers to try to break, as well as to promote more established firms and see long -term development.
This decision can make the mobile game a large part of the blockchain gaming sector. Last year, game 7 research found that mobile game Crypto game was the most popular platform for developers, which was about 30% of that market.
It is still not ideal for users to leave the app, but it is better than before.
Get positive response from authorities in the crypto gaming space of the decision. Legendary Games Coo Arron Goolsbey Praised Apple’s changes, “Even though they were reluctant to open the door for a broad, more connected future.”
Sam Barberry, major strategy and partnership of sequence, Said This is “massive” for NFT and blockchain game.
“Such high fees made the mainstream audiences target for most web 3 games to target the mainstream audiences, but now friction has gone,” the irreversible cofounder Robbie Ferguson wrote On X. “We still have a long way to go a long way before the web 3 gaming, really a mass-market, but a great source of friction has just been removed.”
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