The full press release is below and interested developers can join the waitlist here. Paddle says that the new platform will go live on December 7, which is a date based on the 90-day terms of the court ruling from Judge Rogers. From there, users complete their purchase in Safari using Apple Pay, and are then taken back to the initial app. The demo shows an “Upgrade Now” button in-app, which bounces users out to Safari when tapped.
On Paddle’s website, you can see a short demo video showing how this will theoretically work (but the implementation could change based on Apple’s interpretation of Judge Rogers’ ruling). While other payment companies shift these responsibilities on to the seller to handler, with Paddle there’s nothing new for developers to worry about.
As a reminder, here is the exact wording from the ruling:Īpple Inc. and its officers, agents, servants, employees, and any person in active concert or participation with them (“Apple”), are hereby permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from (i) including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to In-App Purchasing and (ii) communicating with customers through points of contact obtained voluntarily from customers through account registration within the app.įurthermore, there has been quite a bit of debate about what exactly Apple will be required to do to satisfy the ruling.
Judge Rogers has given Apple until December to update its App Store guidelines to accommodate the injunction. Following Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ ruling last month that Apple must allow App Store developers to redirect users to other payment systems, Paddle has announced what it is marketing as “the industry’s first alternative In-App Purchasing system for iOS.”įirst and foremost, it’s important to note that Paddle is relatively early with this announcement.
Apple case is likely far from over, software revenue platform Paddle is looking to get in on the fallout early.