A few weeks ago, Facebook announced that it would offer a new opportunity for businesses to hold paid online events and would not hold any interest rates.
This means that all profits from the events will go directly to businesses, with Facebook saying it is a way to help companies hit by COVID-19 recover. However, Apple refused to give up its market share through Store applications, ie 30% of the ticket price for each event.
Facebook’s next step was to inform users that 30% of the price will go to Apple so that users know exactly where the money they are going to go, as we see in the photo below.
Apple did not seem to like this, which blocked the update that would show this message, calling it ” irrelevant information “. Facebook was forced to remove the message in question so that the application update could be released normally.
Facebook statement on Reuters:
Now more than ever, we need to have the choice to help people understand where the money they are giving to support small businesses is really going. Unfortunately, Apple has rejected the transparency notice regarding the 30% tax withheld by the company, but we are still trying to make this information available within our application.