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Could someone post a free program on the App Store and then force users to pay for a registration code to make it functional, thereby bypassing Apples 30% cut on App Store sales?

April 26, 2017app Apple code force Free pay program registration store Users

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Could someone post a free program on the App Store and then force users to pay for a registration code to make it functional, thereby bypassing Apples 30% cut on App Store sales?

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It seems unlikely that Apple would put up with those type of shenenigans. Doing so would basically let Apple pay for your marketing and bandwidth costs, and deprive them any money they’d get from selling the software. It may be specifically forbidden as a term of being an iPhone developer.