just to clarify that says you have to use “in-app purchase™ ” to receive tips as a developer… you may receive tips but it has to be through the App Store. “May” just refers to its ok if you do it through the App Store, in the paragraph above it says “may not” use other forms.
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yes the app store is like reading the tea leaves as there are people inside apple “interpreting” the rules just the same…
The trick is to send apple some $ from what I understand
I am sure there are more tricks but….
Getting to a human apple regulator would be the real deal