A federal judge found Apple in contempt for violating a 2021 court order stemming from Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit. The order required Apple to allow developers to link to outside payment options, but Apple imposed restrictions that the court deemed anticompetitive. As a result, Apple must change its practices and could face criminal contempt proceedings. See full ruling here.
Below is the most updated App Review Guidelines around this ruling.

Patreon
Kindle
Spotify
According to a RevenueCat webinar Spotify doesn’t use any IAPs in-app as they qualify as a reader app. So throughout this there are only CTAs linking to their external web checkout flow. If you don’t qualify as a reader app you will need to include IAPs in your app alongside external links.






