Arizona Advances Bill That Will Now let Developers Skirt Apple's In-App Purchase Rules

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The Arizona House of Representatives today passed HB2005, a state bill that could provide developers with an alternative solution to Google and Apple's in-app purchase options by allowing developers to use their own payment solutions within apps.

The other day, the Arizona House Committee advanced the bill, and today it has also been accepted by the House of Representatives. It'll next be noticed by the Arizona Senate.

Apple and Google have already been lobbying aggressively against the costs for weeks now since it would permit developers use third-party payment options in order to avoid the 15 to 30 percent cut that Apple needs from iPhone app purchases an in-app obligations.
In a hearing the other day, Apple chief compliance officer Kyle Andeer called HB2005 a "government mandate that Apple give away the App Store."

"This would allow billion-dollar developers to take each of the app store's worth for free, even if they're offering digital goods, regardless if they're building millions or vast amounts of dollars doing it. The bill is usually a government mandate that Apple hand out the software store."

Apple last month successfully fought back against an identical bill in North Dakota, which could have paved just how for third-party iphone app store options.

Just like the North Dakota bill, the Arizona bill was backed by the Coalition for App Fairness, an organization which includes companies like Epic Games, Spotify, Basecamp, and Tile, most of whom have had significant issues with Apple's ‌App Store‌ rules. There's an identical costs in Minnesota that Apple is also battling against. 
Source: https://www.macrumors.com

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