Can I bypass apple in-app purchase to unlock premium content in my app.

As far as I know, an app should use an In-app purchase to unlock premium content, features, or levels, etc. Apple won't allow making payments via third-party payment gateways or even providing a link to do payment other than in-app purchase is against the guidelines.

Today I found an app in AppStore where they use a third-party payment gateway to unlock their premium content.

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Here they are asking for credit card details and entering the card details completes their payments process (Worth mentioning they have cool UX for this!).

I am wondering how did they manage to get into the store? or did apple update the policies? or is it a new feature?

I am clueless. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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bump!

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3.1.3(e) Goods and Services Outside of the App: If your app enables people to purchase physical goods or services that will be consumed outside of the app, you must use purchase methods other than in-app purchase to collect those payments, such as Apple Pay or traditional credit card entry.

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