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Delta debuts its Patreon-supported gaming app update after US App Store policy change
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Delta游戏模拟器通过更新,允许用户直接从应用内链接到Patreon,从而绕过苹果App Store的订阅分成。此举紧随法院裁决之后,该裁决迫使苹果开放其App Store以支持外部购买。Delta的更新为移动应用变现提供了新的商业模式,使得开发者能够保留更多利润。这种变化可能会促进App Store的发展,尤其是在独立应用开发减少和苹果复制第三方应用功能的情况下。Delta的新版本允许用户通过应用内的链接订阅Patreon,享受独家功能和特权。

🕹️ Delta游戏模拟器更新后,允许用户直接通过应用内链接到Patreon,以订阅其会员服务,从而绕过了苹果App Store的订阅分成机制。

⚖️ 这一更新是由于法院裁决迫使苹果开放其App Store以支持外部购买,此前苹果对应用内外部购买收取27%的佣金。

💡 Delta的更新为移动应用变现提供了新的商业模式,开发者现在可以保留更多利润,这对于小型开发者来说尤其有利。

💰 Delta的用户可以通过应用内的链接直接订阅Patreon,每月支付3美元,以获得独家功能和其他福利。

🍎 苹果此前通过限制外部链接和设置警告来阻止用户进行外部购买,但Delta的更新表明,开发者正在利用新的规则来优化其盈利模式。

A game emulator called Delta is taking advantage of the recent court decision around Apple’s App Store to support its business by linking to its Patreon membership page. The update, approved Wednesday for release on the U.S. App Store, allows Delta users to join the Delta team’s Patreon directly from the mobile app, without giving Apple a cut of its subscriptions.

The move follows last week’s court ruling that forced Apple to fully open up its U.S. App Store to external purchases, after a years-long fight with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Though Apple largely won that antitrust lawsuit, a judge ruled that the tech giant had not properly followed the court’s orders in one key area: in-app purchases.

Apple previously vetted which apps could link out to their websites and added screens to scare users away from making purchases through external payment mechanisms. All the while, it was still charging a commission on those web sales of 27%, down from its usual 30%.

After Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple had failed to comply with her original injunction, Apple changed its App Store rules for the U.S. Since then, businesses like Spotify, Amazon Kindle, and Patreon have updated their iOS apps to add links to their websites where consumers can pay directly, without using Apple’s in-app purchases.

While this is a win for larger companies that now get to keep more of their profits by skirting Apple’s commission, Delta’s update is an example of how the ruling makes way for new business models for monetizing mobile apps.

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That change could give the App Store the boost it needs at a time when indie app development has been declining and every iOS release “sherlocks” (copies) more third-party apps. Smaller developers often struggle to make a living after paying a 30% commission to Apple, but now have the option to keep more of their profits thanks to the expanded support for web payments.

In the updated version of Delta’s game emulator app, users are prompted to “Join our Patreon” from the app’s Settings screen. Here, they can then click a button to subscribe to Delta’s $3 per month Patreon membership, which provides access to exclusive features and other perks.

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The web page opens inside the app, allowing users to link their Patreon accounts and choose a membership tier, like monthly or annual. (Before, users could only link a Patreon account in the app, but they couldn’t subscribe directly.)

“We can now freely mention our Patreon without giving Apple 27% of donations,” noted Delta creator Riley Testut in a post on social media, adding “Goodbye scare screens” — a reference to the previously required warnings that nudged users away from external purchase links.

Image Credits:Delta

Delta still includes a way to pay through Apple’s in-app purchases, as is still required. However, it’s tucked away under an “Alternative Payment Methods” menu in the Settings screen — an option many users will likely never seek out.

Hiding pro-consumer options deep within layers of menus is a trick that Apple itself has used to its advantage over the years.

For instance, if you want to turn off Apple’s personalized ads (essentially the Apple version of its required “Do Not Track” pop-up authorization for apps), you have to delve into your iOS Settings, go to Privacy & Security, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, tap Apple Advertising, then toggle off Personalized Ads. Or, if you want to clear the app usage data that personalizes your App Store experience, you have to go to Settings, Apps, App Store, scroll to the bottom of that page, tap Personalized Recommendations, then tap Clear App Usage Data on the screen that appears.

Apple surely can’t be mad at developers for adopting its own tactics?

Given that Delta’s app has now received approval from Apple’s App Review, it seems to follow that we’ll soon see other Patreon-supported apps emerging in the near future.

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