A small set of APIs can be misused to collect data about users devices through fingerprinting, which is prohibited by Apple Developer Programme License Agreement.
Apple vs Epic trial is ongoing.
Documents revealed Hulu was a whitelisted developer and had access to cancel/refund API.
No other developers have been specifically named yet.
As the Apple vs Epic anti-trust trial continues, and on its fourth day of proceedings, Apple has confirmed that special deals for services like Hulu have been offered in the past.
The App Store Vice President Matt Fischer was on the stand today answering questions about the App Store policies on things like API and special offers. An exert from an email between Matt Fischer asked Cindy Lin revealed this: Hulu is part of the set of whitelisted developers with access to subscription cancel/refund API. Back in 2015 they were using this to support instant upgrade using a 2 family setup, before we had subscription upgrade/downgrade capabilities built in.
Apple Gave Hulu Access to Special App Store APIs, Reveals Internal Emails
Posted by Sanuj Bhatia on May 06, 2021 in Apple News, News
Apple’s unethical behavior towards different app developers has been the talk for quite some time now. A day after it was revealed that Apple struggled to ‘convince’ Netflix not to drop in-app purchase support, new documents have unveiled that Apple gave Hulu access to some special App Store APIs.
Epic Games vs Apple trial is in place now, and the documents being shared in the trial are giving us a look at what goes behind the scenes at Apple. Yesterday, a report claimed that Apple kicked Shadow game streaming service out of the App Store only to prove a point to Microsoft about its strict App Stores policies.