Posted by Alumni from TechCrunch
May 1, 2025
Following yesterday's ruling in the Apple-Epic antitrust trial, where Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers outright shamed Apple for not permitting external payment links in apps as she had previously ruled, Stripe shared documentation that shows iOS developers how to avoid the Apple commission. In a post on X, Stripe product manager Michael Luo said the team 'cooked up a quick guide' that walks iOS developers through how to accept payments using Stripe outside of their apps, so they can take advantage of the new option, which was made possible by the court's decision. Stripe 'iOS developersBig news iOS app developers! You can now accept payments with @stripe outside of your app, with no iOS app store commissions.The Stripe team '''cooked up a quick guide walking you through how. Go live now! Docs in the ' pic.twitter.com/gKguWwBanv Apple allowed developers to link to external websites to make purchases, but it only reduced its 30% commission by 3%, and added 'scare screens' that warned... learn more