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Wouldn't they remove regular Bitcoin and ethereum wallets too if they were trying to control payment flows

• saurik 7y ago
  As far as I can tell, they model those apps like banking apps, or Venmo, or PayPal, which you will note are all also allowed. However, they model stuff you do with these dApp browsers as direct payments for a service. Apple has a rule in their App Store review guidelines that if you sell something, you must do it via in-app purchase.
  • cdiddy2 7y ago
    Most dapps are more similar to investing like a tdameritrade, which is allowed in the app store. I guess that doesn't apply to all dapps though.
  • newnewpdro 7y ago
    And yet you can purchase things in conventional e-commerce using a web browser on an iphone without Apple getting their cut. How is this any different?
    • saurik 7y ago
      I am not defending Apple. I think Apple's behavior here should be illegal. I am merely stating what warped logic Apple seems to be locally applying here based on my understanding of the situation, from the perspective of their ludicrous, vague, and inconsistent policies.
    • saagarjha 7y ago
      E-commerce presumably falls under “physical goods” in Apple’s eyes, which is allowed.
      • newnewpdro 7y ago
        Which seems rather arbitrary, it's not like you can't buy digital goods from Steam over the web. This is yet another reason we must fight these proprietary app walled gardens. It's a clear regression from the open web.
        • m-p-3 7y ago
          For a while, you couldn't have Steam Link on iOS because it would be "bad" for Apple if you did buy a PC game through a live stream of your desktop. https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/15/steam-link-ios-launch/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/15/steam-link-ios-launch/
• toomim 7y ago
  They did for quite a while. It was only relatively recently that Tim Cook reversed the policy and allowed crypto wallets to appear on iOS.