It is true that although Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It is one of the most stable companies of the moment, it has had some other net with other companies, and specifically with several companies that have their applications in the company's own App Store, that is, in the application store with which Apple generates a large part of its income. And it is that the boys of Cupertino want to have everything tied and well tied, and in part it is normal that they want to be careful ...
One of these disputes was related to the famous tips that some developers ask for their applications, tips that had no commissions from Apple because they were not considered in-app purchases. And precisely the messaging app WeChat was the protagonist of the story, but now Apple seems to give in and allow these famous tips ...
It was in May 2017 when Apple asked the Chinese messaging giant, WeChat, to disable the option to ask your users for tips for not being subject to them Commissions than other in-app purchases, and Apple considered paying these tips an in-app purchase. In June, Apple ended up updating the App Store guidelines by making all in-app purchases (tips included) go through that 30% payment to Apple.
Tencent, the company that owns WeChat, at first they did not want these tips to be in-app payments precisely to earn money and avoid Apple commissions. Now the surprise is that the WeChat creator himself, Allen zhang, I post on Twitter that finally has reached an agreement with Apple, about which little is known, so that the tips return to WeChat as tips proper, that is, without going through the Apple commission. So although we have few details, in the end it is a precedent for many other tips that developers may ask for ...