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They specifically didn't know though. Basecamp is distributed without an option to buy a subscription via IAP, and never has had that option. If you do not have a Basecamp account, you get little more than the logo smiling back at you. When Hey got rejected, they asked what the difference between Hey and Basecamp was, and Apple said it didn't matter.

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As I read more articles about the situation, I'm starting to come around on the idea that it _is_ possible. Nevertheless DHH and the team are pretty experienced for me to immediately buy into that theory.

Yet, let's say this were true, or even the most likely scenario. Now you have 3 scenarios, ALL of which portray "Apple = bad, Basecamp = good."

When I see something that one-sided, I'm immediately suspicious that there's something missing here that we're not seeing...

Perhaps that's because that's what's going on and those are the only real ways to look at this.

So basically you are admitting your favor for apple is so strong you can not possiblly believe Apple is the bad actor in all this

HEY is far far far from the only example of Apple abusing their position as gatekeeper to iPhone users

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