[thesis]

It was a consideration to raise prices. We believe it does violate their terms as well. Also it's illegal in some countries.

They wouldn't approve the app with any mention of the site at all.

It's all a load of BS. My Ring app tells me I can only buy it on their site. But since we don't have a lot of "power" we are screwed.

[kevingadd]

One solution used by companies like Blizzard for dealing with region-specific rules and taxes is to sell a different product in each region with its own pricing/rewards. Given that Apple and Google already don't want in-app virtual currency to be transferable between platforms (otherwise you could work around the 30% cut), it's not unreasonable to sell different products to different audiences. Who knows whether they'd decide to punish you for that anyway though...

[fomine3]

IIRC raising prices only on IAP was violation of terms but now it's possible