The app will sidestep Apple’s payment system

How Apple is Shuting Down the App Store IAP Fees and Implications for Privacy and User Experience in the Early Stages of App Store Launches

Last year, Patreon said it was forced to switch to Apple’s in-app purchase system, which applied a 30 percent fee to all new memberships purchased in the app, or else risk “being removed from the App Store.”

“When we first announced rolling out Apple’s IAP requirements last year, we shared that we used three principles to guide our decision in how we wanted to move forward: transparency, control, and stability,” Taylor says. We are exploring further action we can take, and we will keep creators and fans posted on any changes to our experience.

While other countries have taken steps against Apple, this is the most consequential action to date, and it gives all consumers around the world the benefits they deserve.

Can see how much something costs in our app and can click a link to purchase the subscription of choice, upgrade from a free account to one of our Premium plans, and easily change subscriptions.

Apple had strict restrictions on how developers could advertise and link to external payment options, forbidding the use of buttons or any mention of cheaper pricing outside of the app, in addition to a 27 percent charge on external payments. Apple was ordered to end all fees, design restrictions, and pop-up language for external payments this week by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.