Jacob Eiting (Mastodon): Turns out, in-app purchases are good for conversion rates. In fact, at least 30% better. That’s one of the things we found while running the first large-scale, side-by-side test of in-app vs web purchases in history.[…]The initial conversion rate for variant B is between 27% and 30%, while the equivalent web flow […]

Viktor Maric: first time seeing this. Apple will punish the apps with external payment system Swift Dev: Yup it’s real, you see this warning if the app doesn’t use IAP. Also it says external purchases next to the “get” button It’s confusing to follow all the changes, but apparently—unlike in the US—external purchases in the […]

Apple: Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, which will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store. Users who are blind or have low vision can explore, learn, and interact using the new Magnifier app for Mac; take notes and perform calculations with […]

Juli Clover (release notes, security, no developer): Apple today released tvOS 18.5, the latest version of the tvOS operating system. Juli Clover: The tvOS 18.5 update that Apple released yesterday adds support for synchronizing Dolby Atmos playback to speakers over AirPlay or Bluetooth, according to Apple’s release notes for the update.The feature could help address […]

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia 15.5 is light on new features, with Apple listing only a change to Screen Time in its notes. I still haven’t been able to get this update to install on an external drive. The former workaround of manually setting the Startup Disk […]