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        <title><![CDATA[Facebook says Apple kept users in the dark about App Store fees]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Facebook this week doubled down on its criticism of Apple&#8217;s steep 30 percent App Store fees, revealing that the iPhone maker rejected its attempt to be transparent about the fees in its app.</p><p>The social networking giant said that Apple did not let it tell users of a new online events feature that Apple takes a 30 percent cut of sales because of an App Store rule which bars developers from showing users &#8220;irrelevant&#8221; information.</p><p>&#8220;Now more than ever, we should have the option to help people understand where money they intend for small businesses actually goes,&#8221; Facebook said in a <strong>statement to Reuters</strong>. &#8220;Unfortunately Apple rejected our transparency notice around their 30 percent tax but we are still working to make that information available inside the app experience.&#8221;</p><p>It&#8217;s the second time in as many weeks that Facebook has gone public with complaints about the App Store&#8217;s policies.</p><p>Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s tech giant <strong>previously released a statement</strong> saying that Apple refused to waive its hefty fees for the program, which Facebook says it introduced to help small businesses make money during the pandemic through online events.</p><p>In its initial statement, Facebook portrayed itself as trying to do good by its users.</p><p>“We asked Apple to reduce its 30 percent App Store tax or allow us to offer Facebook Pay so we could absorb all costs for businesses struggling during COVID-19,” the head of Facebook’s app Fidji Simo said in the statement. “Unfortunately, they dismissed both our requests and [small businesses] will only be paid 70 percent of their hard-earned revenue.”</p><p>Mock-ups released at the time show the notice that Facebook intended to show users, but current versions of the program did not feature information about Apple&#8217;s fees, Reuters found.</p><p>The public rebuke from Facebook comes as Apple is embroiled in a high-profile legal fight with Epic Games, the maker of mega-popular video game &#8220;Fortnite&#8221;.</p><p>Apple <strong>booted &#8220;Fortnite&#8221; from the App Store</strong> after Epic introduced a new payment system which allowed it to circumvent the iPhone maker&#8217;s fees .</p><p>Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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