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RocketSim: An Essential Developer Tool
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Issue 136
Oct 13, 2022

Handling team licenses inside a macOS application.

If there's one thing I've been struggling with since the beginning of RocketSim, it must have been allowing licenses to be bought outside of the App Store.

Some companies don't allow to reimburse purchases from the App Store, while others are looking to buy team licenses to get their whole team on board.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but currently, there's no way to allow for team licenses. I've looked at Apple Business Manager, but that turned out to be very complicated.

I guess the only way out would be to use a tool like Gumroad Licences and hope for the best when pushing the app for review.

If you're interested in the progress around team licenses for RocketSim, feel free to reply to his mail, and I'll keep you in the loop.

Please let me know if you have any feedback, tips, or experience with offering team licenses inside a Mac App Store application!

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Note: this should've been last Tuesday's issue, but due to a server issue I had to sent out issue 35 first.

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