Apple rejects appeal from email app Hey

Re:Apple rejects appeal from email app Hey by arnvald on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:58PM (#23568585)

It seems that most of the above either offer some features for free or offer in-app purchases:

* Spotify offers free tier

* Kindle doesn't require buying books, technically you can use it to read documents that you send to your free account

* Netflix and Youtube allow to subscribe and pay via app-store

I'm not sure about the rest, but it seems that even Netflix and Amazon follow the rules.

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Re:Apple rejects appeal from email app Hey by scarface74 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:20PM (#23568781)

Netflix doesn’t allow in app purchases anymore.

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/25097

iTunes billing for Netflix is not available to new or rejoining Netflix customers.

If you are attempting to create an account on an iOS mobile device, you can sign up on Netflix.com using a mobile browser and will be prompted to provide an alternate method of payment.

Neither does Youtube Live.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21136730/youtube-tv-endin...

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Re:Apple rejects appeal from email app Hey by drewg123 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:32PM (#23568884)

This is yet another sure sign that the playing field is not level, and that big companies are treated differently

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Re:Apple rejects appeal from email app Hey by zimpenfish on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:26AM (#23582610)

But that's true of literally any business - e.g. if I go to Warner and ask them to license some music for my game, I'm going to get ignored. If EA want to license music for a game, they'll be getting lavish dinners and a selection of fine wines along with a menu of the new bands Warner want to pimp.

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