Basecamp creators’ e-mail service Hey is battling with Apple once again– this time over the rejection of its brand-new calendar app from the App Store. Apple’s thinking is comparable to when Cupertino-based tech giant declined Hey’s e-mail app 4 years back– non-paying users can’t utilize the app after downloading it. Plus, brand-new users can’t register through Hey’s calendar app.
Recently, Basecamp introduced an incorporated calendar service with Heytogether with a brand-new standalone app for it. On Saturday, Hey’s co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson published on X that Apple has actually turned down Hey’s standalone calendar app.
Because it’s clear we’re never ever going to pay them the extortionate 30% ransom, they’re back to the bullshit about “the app does not do anything when you download it”. In spite of the reality that after last time, they particularly took HEY in App Store Review Guidelines 3.1.3 (f)! pic.twitter.com/GfqBCMgvSw
— DHH (@dhh) January 5, 2024
Apple needs apps to permit users to register for the service and potentially spend for the membership if required. If users pay through in-app purchases Apple gets a 30% (or less sometimes) cut. These guidelines permit some apps such as Netflix, Kindle, and Spotify to let users develop accounts outside the app.
In 2020, Apple initially declined Hey’s e-mail app since users could not register for the service on the appBoth business came to a compromise where users might download and begin utilizing Hey with a randomized e-mail IDTo update, they needed to spend for the service through the internet browser.
In a articleHansson argues that numerous apps like Google Calendar and Netflix are logins gated with individuals spending for the service outside Apple’s environment. Furthermore, he states that Apple utilizes one iCloud ID to offer a membership to a suite of apps. Hey’s calendar app need to be permitted on the App Store.
“So what’s going to take place? I do not understand, however I do understand that we’ll keep battling. We’re never ever going to roll over and pay Apple 30% in security cash to be left alone. Last time we discovered a method, and we will once again,” he stated.
Apple didn’t instantly talk about the story.