{"id":29721,"date":"2020-08-07T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=29721"},"modified":"2020-08-07T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T21:08:29","slug":"app-store-requires-facebook-gaming-app-to-remove-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/app-store-requires-facebook-gaming-app-to-remove-games\/","title":{"rendered":"App Store Requires Facebook Gaming App to Remove Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/08\/07\/facebook-criticizes-apples-app-store-policies\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/08\/07\/facebook-criticizes-apples-app-store-policies\/\"><p>Facebook today joined Microsoft in condemning Apple&rsquo;s App Store policies, after the company was forced to remove the games feature from its Facebook Gaming app, which launches today on iOS.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement given to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/7\/21358355\/facebook-apple-app-store-policies-comments-facebook-gaming-ios\">The Verge<\/a><\/em>, Facebook said it has had its Gaming app rejected multiple times by Apple in recent months, but Apple cited its <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/app-store\/review\/guidelines\/\">App Store guidelines<\/a> to justify the rejections, claiming the primary purpose of the Facebook Gaming app is to play games.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook says it shared usage data with Apple from its Android Facebook Gaming app that showed 95 percent of activity involves watching streams, but it was unable to change Apple&rsquo;s stance on the matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/facebook-criticizes-apples-app-store-policies-launches-gaming-app-on-ios-without-games.2249026\/?post=28751326#post-28751326\">Geodextro<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/facebook-criticizes-apples-app-store-policies-launches-gaming-app-on-ios-without-games.2249026\/?post=28751326#post-28751326\"><p>Tim Cook last week: &rsquo;We Want to Get Every App We Can on the Store, Not Keep Them Off&rsquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/07\/technology\/facebook-apple-gaming-app-store.html\">Seth Schiesel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/05\/microsofts-xcloud-unavailable-on-ios\/\">Microsoft&rsquo;s xCloud Unavailable on iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/tim-cooks-app-store-testimony\/\">Tim Cook&rsquo;s App Store Testimony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Hardwick: Facebook today joined Microsoft in condemning Apple&rsquo;s App Store policies, after the company was forced to remove the games feature from its Facebook Gaming app, which launches today on iOS. 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