Apple new Guideline 4.7 - html5 banned?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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According to the new Apple guidelines from here: Updates to the App Store Review Guidelines - Latest News - Apple Developer

Guideline 4.7.** HTML5 games distributed in apps may not provide access to real money gaming, lotteries, or charitable donations, and may not support digital commerce. This functionality is only appropriate for code that’s embedded in the binary and can be reviewed by Apple. This guideline is now enforced for new apps. Existing apps must follow this guideline by September 3, 2019.

Do you think it will affect ionic applications or only those that load content in iframe?

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“Embedded in the binary” doesn’t necessarily meant it has to be built as a pure iOS Native app. It sounds like they are targeting one very specific loophole for loading transaction-based games later, post-review process. If those games are built with web technology but shipped directly in the app aka how Ionic works, it should be fine.

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