This is garbage. Facebook is garbage. Zuckerberg is a criminal. Believe what you want if you want to believe Facebook. But I would rather trust Apple, which at least most of the time actually cares about my privacy. Zuckerberg would sell my grandma if he could.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:37 PM, janet gross <janet.harv...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > I recently came across this and just thought some might be interested. > > August 28, 2020 > Facebook says Apple blocked message noting 30 percent App Store fee > Apple reportedly refused to display the transparency notice for FB's paid > online events. > 1. Apple Blocks Facebook Message About App Fees > Just when we thought we'd run out of "Apple is greedy" news, the tech giant > reportedly blocked Facebook's message to users who organize paid online > events. The message isn't showing up on Android, either, but Apple seems to > bear the brunt of the coverage, of course. > Apple wouldn't allow Facebook to tell its users that the tech giant is > getting a cut from the sales of paid online events, the social network told > Reuters. Earlier this month, Facebook launched a new feature that gives > businesses and creators a way to charge for the online events they host on > the platform. Since the company rolled it out to help small businesses during > the pandemic, it vowed not to collect fees from paid events "for at least the > next year." > > Facebook said it also asked Apple to reduce its 30 percent App Store tax or > to at least allow it to use Facebook Pay to collect users' payments directly. > By doing the latter, it can absorb the costs for businesses, which will then > get 100 percent of the revenue they generate. Apple refused on both counts, > prompting the social network to join other developers like Epic Games in > putting Apple on blast for its App Store policies. > > In an effort to let its users know that not everything they pay will go to > the hosts, Facebook added a notice on the purchase screen for iOS clearly > stating that Apple will take a 30 percent cut. Apparently, though, Apple > blocked it from showing that notice to users, citing an App Store rule that > prohibits developers from showing "irrelevant" information. The company told > Reuters in a statement: > > "Now more than ever, we should have the option to help people understand > where money they intend for small businesses actually goes. Unfortunately > Apple rejected our transparency notice around their 30% tax but we are still > working to make that information available inside the app experience." > > While Google also takes a 30 percent cut from in-app purchases, hosts will > still get 100 percent of their revenue from Android purchases where Facebook > Pay is available. Reuters notes, however, that the line Facebook added for > Android stating that it doesn't charge fees for purchases isn't showing up > either. > > https://www.engadget.com/facebook-says-apple-blocked-30-percent-app-store-fee-notice-100501984.html > > > > Peace Be With You. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CH2PR12MB416890BE8ADBDBA47FA66F9FFC280%40CH2PR12MB4168.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. > <winmail.dat> -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/B5005588-921D-441C-9DFE-E4360B56647D%40gmail.com.
