{"id":40507,"date":"2023-08-31T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40507"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:41:45","slug":"vexl-rejected-from-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/vexl-rejected-from-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Vexl Rejected From the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vexl.it\/apple-using-cash-is-clearly-reckless-77e2a519a3bc\">vexl<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=37325325\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/blog.vexl.it\/apple-using-cash-is-clearly-reckless-77e2a519a3bc\"><p>Our flagship project &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/vexl.it\/\">the Vexl app<\/a> &mdash; does exactly this: it connects users with other peers in their social circle so they can exchange cash for bitcoin with them in a privacy preserving way.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Vexl was successfully operated for almost 9 months, gaining traction of thousands of users. Until May this year.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>After the obligatory primary rejections due to minor UX tweaks, we found ourselves in the middle of a surreal discussion where we would be endlessly explaining[&#8230;] After weeks of silence, we received a resolution stating that Vexl is not a financial institution, it just facilitates, enables, and encourages an activity that is [&#8230;] legal in all of the locations where the app is available.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Last week we received clarification of our rejection, stating that the app encourages reckless activity. Specifically, the exchange of currencies in person. [&#8230;] Are Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Badoo, Grindr, and all other dating apps that encourage people to meet in person also reckless? What about Craigslist and its European counterpart, Vinted, which, on top of meeting in person also include the cash exchange? What about Facebook Marketplace encouraging the same?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/21\/damus-zaps-vs-the-app-store\/\">Damus Zaps vs. the App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vexl (via Hacker News): Our flagship project &mdash; the Vexl app &mdash; does exactly this: it connects users with other peers in their social circle so they can exchange cash for bitcoin with them in a privacy preserving way.[&#8230;]Vexl was successfully operated for almost 9 months, gaining traction of thousands of users. Until May this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-08-31T18:41:47Z","apple_news_api_id":"922e8de8-918d-4f01-b432-299bb130c965","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-08-31T18:41:47Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Aki6N6JGNTwG0MimbsTDJZQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[91,130,914,1195,31,2185,26,2455],"class_list":["post-40507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-appstore","tag-rejection","tag-bitcoin","tag-financial","tag-ios","tag-ios-16","tag-iosapp","tag-vexl"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40508,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507\/revisions\/40508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}