Apple blocked Facebook's attempt to tell users about 30% App Store 'tax'

Re:Apple blocked Facebook's attempt to tell users about 30% ... by colinmhayes on Saturday August 29, 2020 @01:57PM (#24318059)

I know some people that recently bought new $1000 iPhone without knowing about the 30% fee. They can't "simply change their phone" because they'd lose boat loads of money. I get sunk costs, but they feel mislead, and I don't blame them. Apple has worked very hard to lock in users, it's not very easy to just switch phones.

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Re:Apple blocked Facebook's attempt to tell users about 30% ... by ziml77 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:09PM (#24318648)

Not just the cost of the device, but also the cost of any applications that they've purchased. And there's the trouble of trying to get social circles to move away from FaceTime and Apple Messages. I also can't imagine that migrating data off of Apple's services to other comparable services is easy.

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Re:Apple blocked Facebook's attempt to tell users about 30% ... by colinmhayes on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:43PM (#24318876)

Yep, I don't feel like I can switch because some of my friends refuse to do normal calls, only using facetime/facetime audio. Plus the imessage data is much faster than texts. Trying to get my circle to switch to whatsapp, but until then I'm pretty stuck.

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