TikTok stirs controversy for bypassing Apple's App Store in-app purchase system

According to news from this site on May 1, David Tesler discovered that TikTok has begun testing an option on a small scale that allows users to directly recharge gold coins through the tiktok.com external webpage. This option does not go through the App. The Store has an in-app purchase system, so it perfectly bypasses the 30% "Apple tax".

“Similar to Douyin’s diamonds (1 10 diamonds), TikTok also has its corresponding “gold coins” (actually TikTok also has diamonds), The current ratio is about 8~10 gold coins/yuan, or 66~69 US dollars.”

##However, as long as you open the recharge through an external web page. interface, the ratio can rise to 94 coins/USD in an instant. The extra money is obviously the part taken by Google and Apple during in-app purchases, and users can also use Apple Pay or PayPal to pay here.

Although it is an external webpage, the entire operation here is completed within the TikTok application. This page is essentially a WebView webpage embedded in the application.

As far as this site knows, Apple requires that digital goods and services provided within the App must be settled through the App Store in-app purchase system, and TikTok Although the "gold coins" are just a "gift" used to reward creators, they are also considered a digital commodity.

If this option is promoted on a large scale, Apple's revenue from TikTok is bound to suffer a serious decline, and TikTok's behavior of "violating Apple's App Store rules" may be subject to sanctions, such as mandatory Removed from App Store.

In 2020, due to similar external recharge options being forced to be removed from the App Store by Apple, "Fortnite" was forced to be withdrawn from the App Store. Under Apple’s “open policy” in the European Union, Epic announced yesterday that “Fortnite” will return to the iOS platform.

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