apple updates app store rules to prevent tricking users into subscriptions

Apple updates App Store rules to prevent tricking users into subscriptions.   Monday, January 28, 2019, 10 46 am PT.   Apple is alerting developers to updated App Store rules and Human Interface Guidelines, spelling out what's acceptable when it comes to selling in-app subscriptions...   Apps must now show subscription prices, and downplay text highlighting what people might save based on their subscription term.   not required, the company is also urging developers to let people manage subscriptions in-app, rather than force them to change settings in App Store or iOS Settings..   While Apple's policies prohibited fraudulent subscriptions, some apps have still been guilty of things like repeated upgrade prompts and trials as short as three days.   Continue and minimizing disclaimers about what people are agreeing to, according to TechCrunch..   Subscriptions are inherently valuable to Apple's services income, since they generate more dependable flow than one-time purchases.   There's been growing resistance to Apple's revenue cut however, which is 30 percent.   Companies like Spotify and Netflix have already removed in-app subscription options, directing people to pay on Web instead.   Read more