• Apple rejects Hey calendar app for not allowing non-paying users to do anything within the app.
• Hey had previously faced a similar rejection from Apple for its original iOS app four years ago.
• Hey plans to fight Apple’s decision, but the specific approach is not yet known.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The issue is that Apple should not advertise the app a FREE on the AppStore. It’s should advertise it as a subscription app or something like that.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 10 months ago
The real issue is almost certainly that Hey doesn’t want to pay Apple 30% so you can’t do anything without an external subscription and they don’t allow you to pay with In App Payments/Subscriptions.
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s exactly the same marketing plan as Neflix/Amazon prime/HBO Max… whatever. You download a FREE app but can’t do anything with it without a subscription.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We really need Apple to open their platform to other app stores.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You hit the nail on the head. Apple needed to add a whole in-app purchase interface to the store UI to make it clear that the free game you’re about to download charges $50 for berries and the game is practically unplayable without them.
They now need to categorize apps as requiring a subscription as the only means to “buy” it or even just use it.
If the software is free to download but requires a subscription for the service, the button needs to say “Subscribe”, not “Get”. And the app info needs to show you, in loud type, the minimum buy-in cost.
PlantDna@mander.xyz 10 months ago
And an another category that, this app requires to signup for an account to use it
ji17br@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
The don’t advertise any apps as free. Apps that are free to download say “Get”. Nowhere does it say free. Before you get the app you can see if there are subscriptions as well.