I believe this is the first time anyone outside of Apple did an iOS development in XCode on iPad. Mad props to @UTMapp for shipping 1.0 before WWDC and to @_inside for making a better-than-1st-party WWDC app. https://t.co/0R5LN75u5D

Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/opinion/apple-app-store-hey.html

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An analysis on how Apple demands developers implement In-App Payment on their applications while taking a 30% cut, using as an example the recent situation with Basecamp's HEY.

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