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Title: News: Apple bans ‘tips’ in popular Chinese social media apps, equates them to in-app purchases
Post by: HCK on May 18, 2017, 04:05:27 pm
News: Apple bans ‘tips’ in popular Chinese social media apps, equates them to in-app purchases

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               Apple has told several Chinese social-networking apps, including WeChat, that the popular “tip” functions in their apps are in violation of App Store policies, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal. Executives at WeChat and other companies have told the WSJ that Apple has deemed the “tip” feature in their apps, which allows users to send money to content creators, to be equivalent to in-app purchases, thereby…

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