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Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app revives an old feud (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 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.

[–] stevehobbes@lemy.lol 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 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.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] stevehobbes@lemy.lol 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

somewhere in the app you can

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 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.

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