{"id":28649,"date":"2020-08-21T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=372a13f31a15885217fcba0234d5acb1"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:33:30","slug":"wordpress-founder-claims-apple-cut-off-updates-to-his-completely-free-app-because-it-wants-30-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=28649","title":{"rendered":"WordPress founder claims Apple cut off updates to his completely free app because it wants 30 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/21\/21396316\/apple-wordpress-in-app-purchase-tax-update-store\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: This is more henious bullshit than Epic.  Its FOSS software that _optionally interacts_ with a paid service and Apple wants a cut.<\/div><img alt=\"In this photo illustration the WordPress logo is displayed...\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/RubZbp8P_DyzfGYsAojTFi1I3Z4=\/0x0:5000x3333\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67276562\/1149746687.jpg.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"\/><small>Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/small>\n\n  <p>WordPress, the iOS app, lets you build and manage a website right from your iPhone or iPad. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress.com<\/a> also happens to <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/start\/domain\/domain-only?new=xyzzy&amp;search=yes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sell domain names<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Now, WordPress founding developer Matt Mullenweg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photomatt\/status\/1296879217297113088\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is accusing Apple<\/a> of cutting off the ability to update that app &mdash; until or unless he adds in-app purchases so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/31\/21350154\/apple-worlds-most-valuable-company-saudi-aramco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the most valuable company in the world<\/a> can extract its 30 percent cut of the money.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heads up on why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordPressiOS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WordPressiOS<\/a> updates have been absent... we were locked by App Store. To be able to ship updates and bug fixes again we had to commit to support in-app purchases for .com plans. I know why this is problematic, open to suggestions. Allow others IAP? New name?<\/p>&mdash; Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photomatt\/status\/1296879217297113088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 21, 2020<\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the thing: the...<\/p>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/21\/21396316\/apple-wordpress-in-app-purchase-tax-update-store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  WordPress, the iO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=28649\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}