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I think Apple is overreaching on this whole thing, but it feels somewhat disingenuous to argue that they did what Apple/Phil asked for. He asked for a basic ve

I think Apple is overreaching on this whole thing, but it feels somewhat disingenuous to argue that they did what Apple/Phil asked for. He asked for a basic version that people can use without their service, and instead they implemented a variation on a 14 day demo. Then they're posting publicly saying "We did what Apple asked for", without clearing this new solution (which isn't really what Apple asked for). To be clear, I think Apple shouldn't be demanding a 30% cut here at all! But this article feels like they're presenting their solution publicly in order to try to leverage Apple into accepting it.

drewbug01 6y ago
> He asked for a basic version that people can use without their service To be clear, Apple asked them to do something that they surely must know isn't possible. Hey specifically doesn't offer IMAP/POP access because they layer enough features on top of email that IMAP and POP simply can't support. For the same reasons they don't offer IMAP/POP access, they couldn't "just" add the "bring your own server" feature that Apple asked for. The Hey iOS app isn't an IMAP/POP client with fancy chrome; it's designed specifically to work with Hey's servers and nothing else. Even if they shoe-horned an IMAP/POP client into the app to try and satisfy Apple, I think the user experience would end up far worse than what they've just implemented this weekend; and likely would violate other provisions of the App store.