Schools and businesses buying app subscriptions in bulk can be refunded for seats nobody uses. Apple wrote the rule into its developer agreement.
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Apple sets October 22 for App Store subscriptions bought by the seat
Apple has set October 22, 2026 as the day organizations can start buying App Store subscriptions in bulk. The plumbing switched on first: as of September 16, multiseat purchases are enabled by default for subscriptions in App Store Connect, which means a developer’s subscriptions are opted in unless the developer opts out. A presenter on…