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Using its APIs to cancel subscriptions and upgrade off-platform was not explicitly against policies at the time on May 7, 2021, 12:44 12 comments In a nutshell: On Thursday, Epic revealed emails showing that Apple blacklisted Hulu from using its in-app subscription API in retaliation for using it to automatically cancel users and upgrade their plans through Hulus website, circumventing the App Store commission. As the fight between Epic Games and Apple drag...

  Apple has a list of whitelisted developers with access to additional App Store subscription features, as revealed by court documents and Apple executive testimony in the Epic Games v. Apple trial. The email thread started with a message from Fischer to Lin about a tweet concerning automatic App Store subscription cancellations. Fischer asked how Hulu could "switch people from IAP to Hulu billing," adding that App Store chief Phil Schiller saw the tweet and "wants to know whats going on." In...