Bitcoin-Friendly App Damus Avoids Apple Deplatforming After 2-Week Battle Over 'Zaps' Tipping
Apple had threatened to eject the bitcoin-friendly social media app from its App Store by June 27 unless Damus removed the ability to receive bitcoin tips via “zaps” on content posts.
Bitcoin-friendly social media app Damus received approval to remain in the Apple App Store on Wednesday, after a that started on June 13 when the tech giant threatened to eject it from the App Store for violating the company’s in-app purchase guidelines by allowing tips or “zaps” on content paid for with bitcoin () instead of Apple Pay.
The new version of Damus will no longer have zaps on posts – a configuration Apple reportedly considers equivalent to selling digital content – but will still allow users to send zaps to each other at the profile level.
Apple has come from the Bitcoin community – among them former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey – with complaints that it’s impeding bitcoin adoption by imposing overly rigid guidelines when it comes to bitcoin-friendly applications on the App Store. The tech giant told CoinDesk it “reviews all apps against the same set of guidelines.”
Some Damus supporters considered the approval a small win despite the compromise to restrict zaps to profiles.
“The most important thing is that the concept of zaps exists,” one user . “Medium term, it will revolutionize social media. Patience.”
Damus creator William Casarin previously told CoinDesk he found Apple’s review process frustrating, but the Canadian developer has already moved on to to his app after compromising with the tech giant.
“Damus v1.5 approved,” Casarin on the decentralized social media app late Tuesday. “Onward.”
Edited by Bradley Keoun.
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