Older versions of the app review guidelines allowed apps that could access content sold outside the app store ("reader" apps) to dodge the app store commission

Older versions of the app review guidelines allowed apps that could access content sold outside the app store ("reader" apps) to dodge the app store commission if their in-app content was provided "at the same price or less than it is offered outside the app store" (formerly section 11.13 of the guidelines). Here's a 2011 article about Apple revising that policy: https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/09/apple_backs_down_on_in_app_purchasing_rules_allows_lower_prices_for_out_of_app_purchases https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/09/apple_backs_down_...