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Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events

posted by martyb on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-you-don't-know-won't-hurt-you^W-Apple dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

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."

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:56PM (4 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:56PM (#1044273)

    So don't mention the "tax" - just point out that they can get a 30% discount if they buy the exact same thing through Facebook's non-app interface.

    While pointing out how big a slice Apple takes may be irrelevant information to the user, pointing out substantial discounts available at another location seems terribly relevant.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Sunday August 30 2020, @07:26PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 30 2020, @07:26PM (#1044287) Journal
    I'm sure that such a discount would be considered just as irrelevant to the user by Apple.

    • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:16PM

      by Spamalope (5233) on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:16PM (#1044315) Homepage

      And apple certainly has a clause prohibiting lower prices/'price discrimination'.
      But yeah, this is anticompetitive behavior. And it's an attempt to use monopoly power in phone operating system to force concessions in social networking via artificial software installation restrictions.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:12PM (1 child)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:12PM (#1044309)

    But but... Apple customers are used to pay too much for their stuff. They might get angry at FB for breaking a time-honored tradition.