Damus will remain in the App Store, but without its main function
Date: 2023-06-30 Author: Karina Ziganova Categories: IN WORLD
App Store moderators were not satisfied with the presence of bitcoin donations, according to the developer of the social network.
Apple has allowed the app to remain in the App Store. However, for this, the developers had to remove the basic function from it. Users will not be able to send tips and donations to authors of articles in cryptocurrency.
According to the founder of Damus App, William Kazarin, the new version of the application does not support zap transactions on posts - a feature that allowed you to pay tips or make donations to the authors of articles. Apple has equated them with buying digital content.
"I had to remove the tip button to stay in the app store. I will continue to develop the application on iOS as a simple nostr client, but if you want to donate posts, apple tells you no," he wrote on Twitter
Background: Apple vs Damus
Apple has announced that it will remove the application of the social network Damus from the App Store due to the presence of bitcoin donations. This was announced on the page of the social network on Twitter by the developer of the project William Kazarin. According to him, the moderation of the App Store was not satisfied with the explanation of the method of bitcoin donations in Damus.
According to Damus, donations in bitcoin (based on Lightning Network technology) are possible only after the author has published the article. Such donations are designed to stimulate the publication of content, the creator of the social network notes. However, the App Store has a different opinion. They believe that with the help of donations, readers get privileged access to content, said the developer Damus.
The crypto community sided with Damus
The conflict between Damus and App Store moderation began in mid-June. Then the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, came to the defense of Damus. According to him, Apple is mistaken, equating donations with in-app purchases. He also called on Apple CEO Tim Cook to pay attention to the incident. However, since then, Cook has not spoken out about the incident.
Other conflicts between Apple and the crypto industry
At the end of 2022, the co-founder of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet, Dan Finlay, threatened Apple with a boycott due to the company's policy on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). According to Finlay, Apple's 30% fee on payments within the iOS ecosystem is an "abuse of monopoly." Even then, he warned that Apple would probably take on all cryptocurrency wallets in order to capitalize on its profits from activity in the crypto market as much as possible.
