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Substack CEO says App Store changes have been ‘fantastic’ for independent media


At The Future of Influence event on Tuesday, Chris Best praised recent changes as a major win for independent media.

At The Information ’s The Future of Influence event on Tuesday, Substack co-founder and CEO Chris Best praised recent changes to Apple’s App Store policies, calling them “fantastic”, and a major win for independent media. That April decision, vociferously handed down by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, found Apple in violation of a prior injunction stemming from its years-long battle with Epic. The heavily worded updated ruling prohibits Apple from collecting commissions on out-of-app purchases, and from blocking developers from telling users about other ways to pay.

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