Apple Expands App Store Subscription Bundles and Updates Developer Rules at WWDC

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Apple Expands App Store Subscription Bundles and Updates Developer Rules at WWDC

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Apple announced at WWDC that App Store bundles will include cross-company offers later this year, with suites unavailable as standalone products. The company will also drop Intel compatibility requirements for Mac App Store apps and require social media capability disclosures for age ratings. Details on bundles will be provided later this summer, with iOS 27 and platform updates scheduled for fall.

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Progressive

Cross-company bundles could modestly expand access for lower-income users while the social media disclosure rule offers incremental protection for younger users from addictive design.

“Potential reduction in barriers alongside risks of concentrated power and increased e-waste from hardware obsolescence.”

Conservative

Changes reinforce Apple's gatekeeper role and extract commissions while the disclosure rule adds platform oversight that may aid families but extends corporate influence over content.

“Market concentration and corporate gatekeeping with some pro-innovation elements in eased Mac requirements.”

Libertarian

Bundles represent voluntary market expansion of consumer options without external mandates, though added disclosure rules illustrate compliance burdens in a locked-in ecosystem.

“Voluntary exchange and skepticism of centralized control tempered by network effects limiting competition.”

Devil's Advocate

Analyses overlook how bundles route revenue through Apple's payment systems under regulatory pressure and treat disclosure rules as broader protection rather than infrastructure support.

“Shared acceptance of consumer-choice framing while missing commission mechanics, forced hardware migration effects, and delayed or limited rollout patterns.”

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