∞ Apple No Longer Takes a 30% Cut For P2P Tipping

‣ Published on Sep 17, 2017

The company has meanwhile softened its tipping policy, allowing person-to-person financial gifts that bypass the App Store's in-app purchase system. Apple normally claims a 30 percent cut from in-app transactions, and indeed the new rules say that app creators can't claim any money from gifts either. The changes are presumably a reaction to the popularity of tipping in Chinese apps, which resulted in a brief crackdown earlier this year, followed by a half-step measure in which tips were possible as in-app purchases.

Note that developers can't take any cut either. This feels like a negotiation result between Apple and Tencent.