Why does Basecamp refuse (?) to add the in-app subscription? Is it only to avoid sharing their revenues with Apple or are there other reasons?
(sorry I'm not that familiar with this topic and didn't follow the whole story)
(sorry I'm not that familiar with this topic and didn't follow the whole story)
It's also really obvious it's nothing more than rent seeking because Apple adds almost no value. The infrastructure for payments, updates, etc. on other platforms is still needed, so I'm sure the only reason they're even using the Apple app store is because it's the only way to distribute their app. 15% of lifetime revenue for Apple to host some update files is a really bad deal.
IMHO if Apple approved it "by mistake" the first time they should have just owned the mistake and granted Hey a one-off exemption from the rules.