IAP @ iPlayground 2020

"Unpredictable Sandbox Environment for IAP Auto-renewable Subscriptions" slides here: https://speakerdeck.com/denkeni/unpredictable-sandbox-environment-for-iap-auto-renewable-subscriptions

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1. Denken Chen @ iPlayground 2020
   ⼗年⽬睹之 In-App Purchase
   怪現狀
   

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2. 來做 In-App Purchase 訂閱制吧
   老闆
   

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3. Image from shutterstock
   “IAP is coming. Brace for impact.”
   

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4. © 2020 Denken All rights reserved. Redistribution or public display not permitted without written permission from Denken.
   https://denkeni.medium.com/unpredictable-sandbox-environment-for-iap-auto-renewable-subscriptions-44461d7b1378
   Unpredictable Sandbox
   Environment for IAP
   Auto-renewable Subscriptions
   Denken Chen, Confused iOS App Developer
   #WWDC20
   
   #WorldWideDevelopersConfused20
   

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5. 「簡單來說 不要想要對帳，絕對
   對不起來」
   https://www.slideshare.net/hokilaj/iap-auto-renewable-in-practice P.64 @ 2016/12
   

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6. 你需要實作 IAP 嗎？
   

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7. App Store Review Guidelines
   3.1.1 In-App Purchase
   If you want to unlock features or functionality within
   your app, (by way of example: subscriptions, in-game
   currencies, game levels, access to premium content,
   or unlocking a full version), you must use in-app
   purchase.
   

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8. App Store Review Guidelines
   3.1.1 In-App Purchase
   Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock
   content or functionality, such as license keys,
   augmented reality markers, QR code’s, etc. Apps and
   their metadata may not include buttons, external
   links, or other calls to action that direct customers to
   purchasing mechanisms other than in-app purchase.
   
   Epic Games: Fortnite(2020/08)
   

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9. App Store Review Guidelines
   3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods (since 2020)
   The following apps may use purchase methods other
   than in-app purchase.
   
   Apps in this section cannot, either within the app or
   through communications sent to points of contact
   obtained from account registration within the app (like
   email or text), encourage users to use a purchasing
   method other than in-app purchase.
   

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10. App Store Review Guidelines
    3.1.3(a) “Reader” Apps
    Apps may allow a user to access previously
    purchased content or content subscriptions
    (specifically: magazines, newspapers, books, audio,
    music, and video). Reader apps may offer account
    creation for free tiers, and account management
    functionality for existing customers.
    
    Kindle 條款(2011)、Spotify(2018)、Netflix(2018)、
    Amazon Prime Video: only 15% tax(2020/07)
    

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11. App Store Review Guidelines
    3.1.3(b) Multiplatform Services (since 2018)
    Apps that operate across multiple platforms may allow
    users to access content, subscriptions, or features
    they have acquired in your app on other platforms or
    your web site, including consumable items in multi-
    platform games, provided those items are also
    available as in-app purchases within the app.
    
    Setapp for iOS (2020/08)
    

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12. App Store Review Guidelines
    3.1.3(f) Free Stand-alone Apps (since 2020)
    Free apps acting as a stand-alone companion to a
    paid web based tool (eg. VOIP, Cloud Storage, Email
    Services, Web Hosting) do not need to use in-app
    purchase, provided there is no purchasing inside the
    app, or calls to action for purchase outside of the app.
    
    HEY Email 條款(2020/06)、Fastmail(2020/06)、
    WordPress(2020/08)
    

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13. Q&A Discussion
    

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