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This disclosure requirement ensures customers have material probability information before spending money on randomized virtual items, preventing uninformed purchases.
The updated guidelines state that developers must ensure kids receive age-appropriate experiences within their apps and must remove user-generated content that violates the guidelines, terms of service, or community standards. Under the revised policy, if Apple identifies policy-violating content, the developer will be asked to remove it and provide a compliance improvement plan. Based on the developer's response, the app may be removed from the App Store until compliance is demonstrated. This establishes a formal escalation pathway where developer inaction or inadequate remediation can result in app suspension or removal.
View change record →Before purchasing a loot box or similar randomized item in an app, you are entitled to see the odds of receiving each type of item.
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"Apps offering "loot boxes" or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase.Excerpt from Apple's App Store Review Guidelines
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This disclosure requirement ensures customers have material probability information before spending money on randomized virtual items, preventing uninformed purchases.
Before purchasing a loot box or similar randomized item in an app, you are entitled to see the odds of receiving each type of item.
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