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Basecamp founders ’ e-mail serviceHeyis fighting with Apple again — this time over the rejection of its fresh calendar app from the App Store . Apple ’s reasoning issimilar to when the Cupertino - based technical school giant reject Hey ’s email appfour geezerhood ago — non - paying exploiter ca n’t use the app after download it . Plus , new users ca n’t sign up through Hey ’s calendar app .
Last week , Basecamp launchedan incorporate calendar inspection and repair with Hey , along with a new standalone app for it . On Saturday , Hey ’s co - founder David Heinemeier Hansson station on X that Apple has rejected Hey ’s standalone calendar app .
Since it ’s percipient we ’re never go away to pay them the extortionate 30 % ransom , they ’re back to the crap about " the app does n’t do anything when you download it " . Despite the fact that after last time , they specifically carved out HEY in App Store Review Guidelines 3.1.3 ( f)!pic.twitter.com / GfqBCMgvSw
— DHH ( @dhh)January 5 , 2024
Apple requires apps to allow exploiter to contract up for the religious service and possibly pay for the subscription if demand . If substance abuser pay through in - app purchase Apple gets a 30 % ( or less in some compositor’s case ) cut . These rules allow some apps such as Netflix , Kindle and Spotify to countenance user create accounts outside the app .
In 2020 , Apple first rejected Hey ’s electronic mail appbecause user could n’t contract up for the service on the app . So both companies came to a via media where users coulddownload and start using Hey with a randomized email ID . To upgrade , they had to pay for the service through the internet browser .
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In ablog office , Hansson indicate that several apps like Google Calendar and Netflix are logins gated with hoi polloi paying for the service outside Apple ’s ecosystem . Additionally , he says that Apple uses one iCloud ID to provide a subscription to a cortege of apps . So Hey ’s calendar app should be allowed on the App Store .
“ So what ’s going to happen ? I do n’t do it , but I do know that we ’ll keep agitate . We ’re never going to roll over and pay off Apple 30 % in security money to be forget alone . Last time we found a mode , and we will again , ” he said .
Apple did n’t immediately comment on the tarradiddle .
