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143 points tW4r | 2 comments | 28 Feb 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.631s | source
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drpossum ◴[28 Feb 25 15:13 UTC] No.43206499[source]▶
Have you actually released this or passed Apple's review process? Soliciting external donations for higher level support gets into a grey area about Apple getting their cut from the apps it distributes. If you haven't registered as a non-profit you are also not doing yourself favors.

I would be extremely upset if I donated and then you never made it to the store/got removed from the store because you didn't consider or do due diligence on this process.

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9dev ◴[28 Feb 25 16:02 UTC] No.43207126[source]▶
This shouldn’t really be an issue for EU users, right?
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drpossum ◴[28 Feb 25 16:09 UTC] No.43207208[source]▶
That should change the calculus for payments, but they

a) still need to affirm their model was deemed acceptable to Apple,

if they're limiting their market to EU users they should

b) say so up front, and

c) limit access to the app and origin of donations by region

because the problems I describe are material for everyone else.

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1. dleeftink ◴[28 Feb 25 16:16 UTC] No.43207302[source]▶
I understand this makes complete sense from an app ecology perspective, but if we were to make a similar bulletin for any other community built product..that list might sound a little overbearing.
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2. drpossum ◴[28 Feb 25 16:33 UTC] No.43207494[source]▶
I agree it's overbearing, but if that is the case they should consider choosing a different method to distribute their app for which they are trying to solicit my money that they don't find overbearing.

Mixing money and third party app distribution platforms that want a cut is complicated and if this is a serious project it would have considered this.