Apple asks WordPress to support in-app purchases for iOS app before approving updates, even though it doesn’t sell anything

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Apple asks WordPress to support in-app purchases for iOS app before approving updates, even though it doesn’t sell anything

9to5Mac

Published 21 Aug 2020

In another chapter of App Store issues, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg shared on Twitter today that the reason there haven’t been any updates for the WordPress iOS app is that Apple won’t approve them until the app includes in-app payment options. The strange thing is, the WordPress app doesn’t sell anything.

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Apple asks WordPress to support in-app purchases for iOS app before approving updates, even though it doesn’t sell anything

Apple asks WordPress to support in-app purchases for iOS app before approving updates, even though it doesn’t sell anything

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