Screenshots acquired by Tesler show at least two instances where iOS users are encouraged to “recharge” their TikTok coins on TikTok.com to explicitly “avoid in-app service fees.” Tapping the “try now” link on these notifications opens an embedded web view where users can access payment options like Apple Pay,

The feature may be hidden from most users, either by design or because it's only shown to users in a specific group, like testers or high spenders.

As TechCrunch points out, certain "reader" apps can provide digital products without having to go through Apple's in-app purchase system with approval from Apple. However, if an app does this, it cannot also provide in-store purchases through Apple too. TikTok is currently still doing the latter.

To qualify, Apple says free apps must not have “revenue of any kind,” including money made from physical or digital goods, as well as advertising. “This condition is intended to give students, hobbyists,

TikTok appears to be quietly showing some users an option to purchase "coins" on the web instead of through in-app purchases,

Apple last year updated its online store with a new feature called “ Shop with a Specialist over Video .” As the name suggests, it lets customers connect with an Apple Specialist using one-way video when buying certain products, such as the iPhone. This functionality is now coming to the Apple Store app on iOS as well.

Apple has made visiting a website on your Apple Watch nearly impossible, and the Parrity app aims to fix that. Once the app is open, tap the magnifying glass at the top of the screen and from there, you can enter a site and start browsing. How great does CNET look on an Apple Watch in the picture below?

Apple has removed apps from the App Store that claimed to make nonconsensual nude imagery, a move that demonstrates Apple is now more willing to tackle the hazardous app category.

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No app developer likes paying 30% of their in-app purchase revenue to app stores, and this issue has come up countless times over the years. Famously, Epic Games has been extremely vehement about this.

TikTok, the popular social video app owned by ByteDance, has been accused of attempting to avoid paying Apple's 30% commission on in-app purchases, according to recent findings reported by TechCrunch.