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I was surprised that the App Store would take a cut of charity donations, so I looked it up and pretty much every forum post I found says that you’re actually f
by whoisburbansky 5y ago
I was surprised that the App Store would take a cut of charity donations, so I looked it up and pretty much every forum post I found says that you’re actually forbidden from collecting donations using in app purchases, and have to do so through out of band methods to get through App Review? [1]
Kind of difficult to take a cut of payments you explicitly don’t allow on your platform, isn’t it?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/136983/would-apple-still-take-its-30-cut-if-i-collect-donations-for-charities-in-an-ap https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/136983/would-apple...
- amelius 5y agoYeah, that's Apple's excuse as it is very difficult to set up out-of-band payment methods on an Apple system.
- realityking 5y agoStripe would like to sell you a solution: https://stripe.com/docs/terminal/sdk/ios https://stripe.com/docs/terminal/sdk/ios
- Grustaf 5y agoIt's extremely easy. The controversy is about not being able to mention it in your app.
- amelius 5y agoExactly, that's part of what I mean by "set up".
- Avamander 5y agoThe same applies to Google Play. Can't take donations without giving Google a cut.
- brigade 5y agohttps://socialimpact.facebook.com/charitable-giving/live-donate/ https://socialimpact.facebook.com/charitable-giving/live-don... I don't use Facebook so I don't know if that page is misleading, but it certainly looks like you can donate money (in the legal meaning!) through Facebook's iOS app. I think most of the recent takes were about Twitter's tip jar that would potentially let you send money to nonprofits. But, Twitter so far has avoided using the word "donate" and its legal implications.