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What stands? If the purchase doesn't originate within an app then Apple doesn't get a cut. They have put rules in place basically saying that the private relationship must have formed outside the app (no linking to buy pages), but that is different than what you're complaining about.


What difference does it make that the purchase originated in an app? That MY app, using my bandwidth on my device etc. Same argument.

The reason they do it is, of course, that they can. I call it a shakedown, but lawyers may have another name.




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