Spotify works to update that can allow iPhone users in the United States to purchase audio books through external links. in Published on FridaySpotify says he has provided the update to Apple, and if approved, it will also allow distinguished users to purchase “top -to -listening operations”.
The change comes in response to the matter last week issued by Epic Games V. Apple Judge IPhone Gonzalez Rogers, who found Apple was in “deliberate violation” From 2021 judicial order. The judge ordered Apple to stop taking a commission of 27 percent of the purchases that were performed through external links, as well as prevented the company from restricting how to direct developers to users towards purchases outside the application store.
Adding links and pricing information to the audio book will be a major change in the application. Previous Spotify I tried To overcome the Apple restrictions by not displaying the price of audio books in the application, instead, send users a link to buy the Audiobook book they want on the web. Spotify in the end Audible purchases From iOS completely.
“It helps to settle the field of play by allowing developers to provide basic pricing information and accessible links to buy digital goods through iPhone devices without unnecessary steps or additional taxes imposed by Apple,” Spotify says in the post. “In short, this freedom is a victory for authors, fans and developers everywhere – if Apple agrees and if the legal ruling stands despite the ongoing Apple attempts to stop it.”
