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August 28, 2020 04:08 am

Apple blocks Facebook update that called out App Store tax




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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. Apple said the update violated an App Store rule that doesn’t let developers show “irrelevant” information to users.


The feature lets Facebook users buy tickets for online events directly through the app. Apple’s rules say that purchases of digital content have to use the App Store’s payments system, giving Apple 30 percent of the total. Facebook says it asked Apple to waive this fee so that all of the revenue could go to event organizers, but Apple refused. The feature is now available, but without the message about Apple’s 30-percent cut.


Earlier this month, Facebook released an...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21405140/apple-rejects-facebook-update-30-percent-cut

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