Apple says it is testing a new App Store feature called contingent pricing to entice customers into cheaper subscriptions based on their other purchases. This contingent pricing model will allow developers to offer discounts to customers who already have subscriptions to other services, whether those developers' own apps or connected partner apps.
According 9to5Mac, Apple says these combined discounts will be highly visible to customers both in the App Store and “in off-platform marketing channels,” and elsewhere as well. It will start with a select group of participants before rolling out to more developers “in the coming months.”
It's been a year of increased scrutiny over Apple's App Store and how it handles in-app purchases. Just this fall, Apple asked the Supreme Court to overturn a previous ruling that required it to allow developers to use third-party payment systems, circumventing Apple's 30 percent transaction fee. This is kind of a way to get developers to like you again.
-Mat Smith
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