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Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app revives an old feud (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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• 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.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago (29 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (25 children)

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.

This guys entire marketing plan is generating controversy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Every single one of those apps supports in app payments/subscriptions. You can subscribe directly from the app.

So, no, you don’t.

And if Hey added that, they would be fine.

This is the reason Apple didn’t lose their antitrust cases - they apply their rules pretty uniformly unlike Google which made all sorts of exceptions and side deals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Last I checked you cannot sub from within the Netflix app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

somewhere in the app you can

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Have you checked in the actual app? The App Store page often shows legacy info. I know it was possible before, but afaik they changed it some years back.

[+] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The Apple developer terms actually have a specific section for “reader apps” which are primarily meant for consuming media purchased or subscribed to outside of the Apple Store. The in app purchase requirements are relaxed for apps falling in this category. I don’t think a calendar app fits that, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can log in without having a sub. You just need to create an account on the web.

The OP is about not being able to do anything without paying. Not about not being able to do anything without an account.

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