Apple recently faced congress as the accusation of unfair usage of power rise. But that didn’t change Apple’s thought process. We all agree Apple is a great company. But recently, Apple is not showing any signs of being a great company. No innovations and the worst part is how Apple is becoming greedy. Apple removed several apps from Apple Store and blocked updates to some. One of the victims is WordPress.
Apple wants a cut in the domain sales of WordPress.com. WordPress is an Open Source free to use software. It helped millions of people to build their online presence for free. WordPress never charged you. In the iOS app, WordPress doesn’t sell you anything. No in-app purchases so, why should WordPress give a cut to Apple. Mr. Matt MulenWeg the CEO explained WordPress and Worpress.com are entirely two different things.
Heads up on why @WordPressiOS 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?
— Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) August 21, 2020
WordPress wanted to roll out in-app purchases for Automattic services via an update that was blocked by Apple. Apple is already in a battle with Epic. A few days back Apple removed Fortnite from the App store. Because Epic Games didn’t want to pay Apple a Cut in their in-App purchases. All of this issue with WordPress could be a misunderstanding. But if it’s not.
Then, I guess Apple is no more the company it once was. And Apple no longer deserves the title of the best. Thanks for reading. Stay Safe! Stay Humble!.
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