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Apple to let Facebook online events temporarily avoid 30% cut

by jlbnjmn on 9/25/20, 4:54 PM with 152 comments

  • by l1ghthouse on 9/25/20, 5:56 PM

    Not only Facebook. Also other developers. Like Airbnb and classpass for example.

    Source: https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/25/apple-pausing-its-30-ios-cut-...

  • by alkonaut on 9/25/20, 6:29 PM

    How about we go back to where we were in the beginning:

    Apps can be free or cost money. If they cost money, Apple can take a cut.

    Apps can sell anything they want that’s part of the app (game levels) and must then use in-app purchases.

    All other sales both physical and non-physical (media, tickets, parking, ...) you can sell how you want.

    Are these terms really that absurd?

  • by Simulacra on 9/25/20, 6:05 PM

    Apple's mentality it seems is to not care about you or your small development company. They don't care if you're a large app developer, and they never have. From antenna gate to the butterfly keyboard, Apple does what it wants and if you don't like it, well, tough.

  • by joecot on 9/25/20, 6:16 PM

    This should do wonders for the Epic/Apple case

  • by newscracker on 9/26/20, 3:17 AM

    I perceive Apple struggling with the payments and cuts it takes...even during normal (“non-pandemic” for readers from the far future) times there doesn’t seem to be a simple, clear and consistent explanation for what or who merits exceptions from paying the 30% commission (and related rates for subscriptions).

    This news sounds like Apple taking some more time to think things through and come up with better plans (plans for itself and payment plans for developers on its platforms) before the judiciary or lawmakers cripple its systems way beyond its tolerance for changes.

    There will be more permanent “concessions” coming soon, without admitting in any shape or form that the current system doesn’t make sense and is exploitative for some/many developers (not Facebook, which I believe with its vile history, can easily eat the commissions if it really cares about its users).

  • by tehjoker on 9/25/20, 7:34 PM

    This is like national vs international law. Apple can make rules for entities weaker than it, but with entities that are comparable, it's whatever they can negotiate.

    When companies are privately owned and highly concentrated, you get two sets of rules: one for the weak and one for the strong.

  • by ffggvv on 9/25/20, 5:51 PM

    of course billion dollar corporations get exemptions but average app developers dont get such luxuries

  • by c54 on 9/25/20, 5:45 PM

    Is this benefitting the businesses using the Facebook Events platform, or is it benefitting Facebook itself?

  • by neonate on 9/25/20, 7:40 PM

  • by Elo5555 on 9/25/20, 8:56 PM

    Apart from facebook, other developer like Airbnb

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  • by 0xUser on 9/25/20, 7:11 PM

    So what about apps through which you can purchase physical goods, like Amazon's app (I presume one exists)? Do those also have to give 30% cut to apple?