Basecamp founder and app creator David Heinemeier Hansson referred to Apple’s decision as “bullying tactics.”

• 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.

  • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
    173·
    11 months ago

    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.