Substack CEO says App Store changes have been ‘fantastic’ for independent media

At The Information’s The Future of Influence event on Tuesday, Substack co-founder and CEO Chris Best praised recent changes to Apple’s App Store policies, calling them “fantastic”, and a major win for independent media. “A big win for independent media” Best’s comments come in the wake of Epic Games’ historic win against Apple, which forced the company to loosen some of its long-standing restrictions. Under the new mandate, Apple must allow developers to freely direct users to alternative payment methods outside the App Store, no funny business. “It just means that you’ve always been able to discover things in the Substack app, and you have options for how you charge for it now, which we think is a big win for independent media,” Best said during the event. That April decision, vociferously handed down by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, found Apple in violation of a prior injunction stemming from its years-long battle with Epic. The heavily worded updated ruling prohib ... Read full article.