Damus founder: Apple App Store will remove Damus and will continue to appeal

ChainCatcher news, William Casarin, the founder of the Nostr protocol's open social application Damus, stated on Twitter that the Apple App Store will remove Damus on Tuesday due to its violation of Apple's in-app purchase rules.

He mentioned that even though we have updated the application and clearly stated that no digital content will be unlocked after users pay, it will still be taken down. We will appeal, as this rule is clearly being abused and misapplied.

Damus launched on the App Store earlier this year but was requested by Apple to be removed on June 13 due to the "zaps" feature (a special Damus feature that allows users to send small amounts of Bitcoin to content creators via the Lightning Network, similar to Twitter's "tip" feature). Apple stated that the zaps feature is not allowed on its platform because zaps "may" be used by content creators to sell digital content. Subsequently, Apple indicated that it had discussions with Damus and reached a consensus on how Damus's zaps feature could coexist on the platform. (source link)