{"id":29942,"date":"2020-08-28T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=29942"},"modified":"2020-08-31T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T20:30:18","slug":"facebook-rejected-for-mentioning-app-store-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/28\/facebook-rejected-for-mentioning-app-store-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Rejected for Mentioning App Store Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Byford<\/a> (tweet<\/a>, also: ArsTechnica<\/a>, MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Apple blocked Facebook from informing users that Apple would collect 30 percent of in-app purchases made through a planned new feature, Facebook tells Reuters<\/em><\/a>. Apple said the update violated an App Store rule that doesn’t let developers show “irrelevant” information to users.<\/p>

The feature lets Facebook users buy tickets for online events directly through the app.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Note that Facebook itself is not getting a cut, nor was it breaking the rules and linking to an alternate payment method. I think it’s quite relevant for customers to know when they buy something where their money is going. It’s hard to see how this unwritten App Store policy benefits anyone but Apple, who doesn’t want their customers to know how the system works. And it’s hard to see what Apple did to deserve the 30%. It’s not the one putting on the event, it’s not the one who helped the buyer discover the event, and it’s not the one transmitting the information. It’s more like Panasonic, back in the days of landlines, expecting 30% from the Sears Catalog orders you placed using the handset that you’d already paid them for.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n