Facebook said it had asked Apple to waive the 30% fee the iPhone maker charges for in-app purchases so the social network could pass on all of the events revenue to business owners, but that Apple declined. — Reuters
Facebook Inc on Aug 27 told Reuters that Apple Inc rejected its attempt to tell users the iPhone maker would take a 30% cut of sales in a new online events feature, forcing Facebook to remove the message to get the tool to users.
Facebook said that Apple cited an App Store rule that bars developers from showing “irrelevant” information to users.
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