A US federal judge has ordered Apple to remove policies that restrict app developers to's ability users to external external payment options.
The April 30th ruling by Judge OngEzOng Gonzalez Rogers marks an important turning point for crypto developers building on iOS.
Apple's App Store practices as non-competitive."despite knowing its obligations, hasstructruct the Order's goal and continued non-competitive behavior just to maintain its revenue stream,"," the judge wrote.The company has updated its App Store Guidelines to allow developers to include external payment links, subject to certain conditions.
"Applications may allow users to browse others' Non-Fungible Token collections, provided that, except for US store applications, apps cannot include external buttons, links, or other action calls directing customers to purchasing mechanisms outside in-app purchases," the updated Apple guidelines <reads.
This change opens opens new possibilities for crypto crypto-based applications previously struggling within Apple's tight ecosystem.
Crypto community members point out that applications can now support direct payments using digital assetssets like USDC, ETH and SOL. This allows them to bypass Apple's system and avoid the 30% commission.
Moreover, iOS applications can now activate Non-Fungible Token in-app purchases. This eliminates user redirection hassles to external web browsers and potentially significantly impromobileuser experienceience.
Furthermore, this decision helps developers more easily use Non-Fungible To control app feature control. avoid fees.
However, as developers highlighted, converting from fcurrencyiat challenging. Despite new policies making crypto usage easier after asset purchase, users still need complete KYC procedures to purchase>purchase.
