{"id":80146,"date":"2023-06-13T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80146"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:05:14","slug":"apple-threatens-to-remove-the-damus-app-from-the-app-store-over-content-monetisation-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/apple-threatens-to-remove-the-damus-app-from-the-app-store-over-content-monetisation-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple threatens to remove the Damus app from the App Store over content monetisation feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple warned the developers of the decentralized social network Damus about a possible removal from the App Store due to the content monetisation feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Damus will be removed from the app store in 14 days, apple says zaps are not allowed on their platform because they *could* be used by content creators to sell digital content. This is right before we\u2019re about to give our talk at the oslo freedom forum on how decentralized social\u2026 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAK1U0UBet\\\">pic.twitter.com\/uAK1U0UBet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Damus\u26a1\ufe0f (@damusapp) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damusapp\/status\/1668529709867495424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The so-called zaps help users earn satoshis for views of posts. The initiative is implemented via the Bitcoin micro-payment network <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/lightning-network-faster-cheaper-bitcoin-transactions\">Lightning Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>We noticed that your app allows users to send &#8216;tips&#8217; related to obtaining content from authors, using a mechanism other than purchases in the [AppStore], Apple said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The project\\&#8217;s developer, William Casarin, did not rule out dropping zaps to stay in the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if Apple removes the app, their marketplace will become a &#8216;dead platform for blockchain applications attempting to innovate with Lightning&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;Damus does not sell digital goods and does not provide tools to sell them. The service simply has &#8216;tips&#8217; to facilitate P2P transactions, for example via Venmo or CashApp,&#8221; the protocol representatives added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Damus positions itself as a user-governed social network. The app is built on the decentralized network <span data-descr=\\\"Notes and other materials transmitted by relays\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">Nostr<\/span>, which enables end-to-end messaging without servers via relays.<\/p>\n<p>The developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/damus-social-network-announces-sats-payouts-scammers-seek-to-profit\">introduced the feature<\/a> of content monetisation in March. Alongside the rollout of zaps, the platform was flooded with fraudulent projects posing as original cryptocurrency protocols.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the developers of the Move-to-Earn project STEPN <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/stepn-team-adds-apple-pay-payments\">added<\/a> the option for direct payments via Apple Pay for iOS devices.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, the blockchain game Axie Infinity <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/axie-infinity-arrives-on-apples-app-store\">became available<\/a> in the App Store. At present, the app can be downloaded only in Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple warned the developers of the decentralized social network Damus about a possible removal from the App Store due to the content monetisation feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Apple warns Damus may be removed from the App Store over content monetisation.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1112,465],"class_list":["post-80146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-apple","tag-social-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Apple warns Damus may be removed from the App Store over content monetisation.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80148,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80146\/revisions\/80148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}