Apple loosens non-App Store payment rules for Netflix, others

Apple has said that it will loosen its payment rules, and allow apps like Netflix to provide customers a link to create a paid account on their website.

This transaction will bypass Apple’s in-app purchase commissions, something the company had disallowed until now.

The concession was made in an agreement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, although it will apply globally.

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However, transactions in the app itself are still not allowed to use their own payment processing and bypass Apple’s commission, a practice which is being legally challenged by Epic Games, Spotify, and dating service Match.

Spotify said in a statement that this fix does not solve all their issues with Apple.