# The Legal Way to Bypass App Store Fees in 2026 (Post-Epic Ruling)

DevFeed: [The Legal Way to Bypass App Store Fees in 2026 (Post-Epic Ruling)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-legal-way-to-bypass-app-store-fees-in-2026-post-epic-ruling-9709.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/bypass-app-store-fees-legally/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-05-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [app-store](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-store.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [fees](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fees.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [payment-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment-processing.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>), [revenue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/revenue.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

A 2026 guide to external web checkout for SaaS and digital product apps, covering app-store fee alternatives, anti-steering rules, payment flows, and related trade-offs.

## Source excerpt

How SaaS and digital product companies legally avoid 30% Apple and Google app store fees in 2026. Web checkout, anti-steering rulings, and what's actually allowed.