# Vercel — iOS developers can now offer commission-free payments on web

- Company: Vercel (vercel.com)
- Announced: 2025-05-01T13:00:00+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://vercel.com/blog/ios-developers-can-now-offer-commission-free-payments-on-web
- Record: https://forck.live/items/20881-ios-developers-can-now-offer-commission-free-payments-on-web
- Subject: v0 / AI SDK / AI Gateway

A federal court ruled that Apple violated a 2021 injunction by restricting developers from linking to external payment methods and by imposing a 27% fee on those transactions. The ruling confirms developers can guide users to external payment pages without Apple's tax or obstruction, ending the so-called 'Apple Tax' on off-platform payments. Vercel released a starter kit for using its platform to build web-based checkout flows in native apps.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://vercel.com/blog/ios-developers-can-now-offer-commission-free-payments-on-web:

> Yesterday's ruling ends that. It confirms that developers are allowed to guide users to external payment pages, and that Apple can't tax or obstruct those transactions.

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