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Title: Allowing ads in notifications feels kind of gross, Apple Post by: HCK on March 06, 2020, 04:05:19 pm Allowing ads in notifications feels kind of gross, Apple
With new App Store guidelines, Apple opens a door better left locked. Apple has recently updated its developer guidelines, and in particular, we should pay attention to the changes to the rules about notifications. Because they're pretty gross, and it's down a road that I wish Apple wouldn't walk. Developers will be able to use notifications for promotions or direct marketing thanks to changes to section 4.5.4. Section 4.5.4 now reads thusly: 4.5.4 Push Notifications must not be required for the app to function, and should not be used to send sensitive personal or confidential information. Push Notifications should not be used for promotions or direct marketing purposes unless customers have explicitly opted in to receive them via consent language displayed in your app's UI, and you provide a method in your app for a user to opt out from receiving such messages. Abuse of these services may result in revocation of your privileges. Look, this really feels like a gut-check kind... Source: Allowing ads in notifications feels kind of gross, Apple (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/1oxrjSPCYhE/apple-allowing-ads-push-notifications-path-better-left-unwalked) |