Apple has started to bend its own rules as it seeks to grow subscribers for its digital services businesses
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/apple-bends-its-app-store-rules-in-services-push-developers-say.html
When Apple released its new subscription news service last week, third-party app developers were up in arms, noticing right away that Apple was providing favorable treatment to its homegrown product.
The service, Apple News+, is being promoted to users as a free trial with its monthly $9.99 subscription price noted on the smallest font on the screen, a format that outside developers said would draw scrutiny during Apple's App Store review process, and could potentially lead to a rejection from Apple's reviewers.