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Apple won't let Facebook tell users about 30-percent Apple tax on events:
Facebook announced a new feature for paid online events earlier this month. It allows small businesses to host virtual cooking classes, workout sessions, happy hours, and other events and charge people to participate.
In its announcement, Facebook said it was not taking a cut of customers' payments. That means that on Android, "small businesses will keep 100% of the revenue they generate," Facebook says. But the story was different on iOS thanks to Apple's 30-percent cut of in-app purchases.
[...] the social media giant wanted to alert users to the 30-percent charge.
[...] But Facebook says Apple forced the company to delete the notice, dubbing it a violation of the App Store's policy against showing "irrelevant" information to users.
Apple's rules state that an app developer shouldn't "include irrelevant information, including but not limited to information about Apple or the development process."
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:29PM (10 children)
Shouldn't the big tech robber baron billionaires be united in their efforts at fucking over the poors?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:47PM (3 children)
Aren't they already?
We may only see an orchestrated publicity stunt.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 30 2020, @07:24PM (2 children)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:26PM (1 child)
Probably simple opportunism. You do not need a (grand) plan if you get lucky and can play profitable sides.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday August 31 2020, @11:44PM
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:09PM (2 children)
People who buy Apple products are definitely not poor.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:42PM
They aren't the really poor, but they're likely to be the poor. Too poor to invest in a house rather than renting, even though over the long term it would save money. Too poor for many other things that would cost more initially, but save money over the long term.
Consider Sam Vimes thoughts on boots. (paraphrased)"A rich man buys a pair of expensive boots, and they last for decades, needing to be resoled once in awhile. A poor man buys a cheap pair of boots that wear out after a year and need to be replaced, and his feet are wet whenever it rains the entire time."
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday August 31 2020, @05:58PM
Poor has multiple meanings.
Poor Trump, if he only had brains, or compassion.
Poor Apple users who have more dollars than sense.
As for the subject, doesn't the word "fang" have only one "A"?
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:11PM (2 children)
Why is this modded flamebait? Got some sensitive CEOs who think SN is a safe space to vent their racism, but can't handle criticism?
To answer the question though, they do work together somewhat but they still fight over their profits. FB doesn't want the PR backlash from Apples greed, but if Apple split it with them they'd STFU real quick.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:16PM (1 child)
It's flamebait because the OP suggests the robber barons are united in an effort to fuck over the poor, and that's just not true: they're not united at all! They compete with one another to fuck over the poor.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:46PM
It's not that simple. You've got groups like the MPAA, that are unified (in some ways), but those groups are fighting other groups that take their profits in different areas. Most of them aren't specifically targeting poor people, but are rather targeting those who are defenseless. Children and teens with access to money are a big part of the target, but they're willing to target any large group that's defenseless.
It's the economics counterpart to power politics.
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