Apple has changed the App Store Developer Terms of Service. This translates into a possible increase in your subscriptions.
In France, we are well aware of the trick of mobile operators which consists in gradually increase the price of subscriptions yet promised at a fixed price. This might now also happen to owners d’iPhone or iPads that subscribe to apps from the App Store. As reported by the site 9To5MacApple has changed the App Store’s terms of service for developers, and consumers may take a dim view of some of the changes.
A price increase implicitly validated
Until now, if a developer increased the price of the subscription integrated into its application, users absolutely had to validate that they wanted to extend the subscription, otherwise it was canceled automatically without renewal.
Going forward, developers will be required to notify users of the price increase before it takes place, but validation will be implicit. In other words, if the user does not think of canceling his subscription, it will be automatically renewed at the new price. It will therefore be necessary to think carefully as soon as the price increase notifications are received.
Fortunately, some safeguards
Fortunately, Apple still puts some limits in place. It is hoped that they will be better respected by developers than the ban on displaying advertisements through notifications. Thus, the increase in the price of the subscription can only take place once a year at most and the price change is 5 dollars per maximum per month or 50 dollars per year.
If a developer chooses to increase the subscription price beyond this already generous limit, the user will need to manually re-subscribe in-app to continue receiving the service.
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