In brief
- Apple has made changes to iOS app developer guidelines following a court ruling this week.
- Developers can now freely offer external payments methods, as well as enable purchases of NFTs from secondary marketplaces.
- Some cryptocurrency-related restrictions still apply to iPhone and iPad apps.
Fortnite maker Epic Games’ antitrust case against Apple benefited the crypto industry on Thursday, when the iPhone maker loosened restrictions on developers’ ability to offer apps in the U.S. that direct users to non-standard purchasing methods or digital collectibles.
Apple updated its iOS App Store review guidelines after a U.S. District Judge found this week that the tech titan “willfully” violated a court injunction issued in…
May 03 2025
