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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.

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: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 30 2020, @07:24PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 30 2020, @07:24PM (#1044286) Journal
    Because someone cares enough to bother? What I find remarkable here is the unbridled optimism that somehow the mess of this world is going according to someone's plan. Good luck with that.
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:26PM (1 child)

    by BsAtHome (889) on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:26PM (#1044321)

    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

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 31 2020, @11:44PM (#1044760) Journal
      There's way too much subtlety for someone just getting lucky.