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Apple has changed the rules around how games on its app store use loot boxes. These boxes are random rewards for gameplay and often give players benefits and power-ups that can be used in games. In a change to its developer guidelines, Apple said games …
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Apple’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store. The same approach hasn’t worked nearly as well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac App Store is a …
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In a move that I think Google should follow with the Play Store, Apple revised its App Store guidelines to force developers to disclose the odds of people receiving each type of item from them. The updated guidelines are a tad vague, in that they do not …
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Apple made a crucial change to the language of its App Store guidelines this week. The change states that all games must disclose odds related to items earned from so-called “loot boxes” — a mechanism for rewarding players with valuable in-game items.
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Apple has added guidelines to the App Store that make disclosure of loot probabilities mandatory. The change can be found in the payment section, where it now states the following: Apps offering “loot boxes” or other mechanisms that provide randomized …
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“Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store”, he wrote. One of them is the state of the current Mac App Store, a far less successful initiative …
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