The social networking app Damus, which has been removed from the App Store, will appeal the decision

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Damus, the popular web app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to strict Apple regulations. Apple threatened to remove Damus earlier this month over the software’s guidelines, saying it could be used by content creators to sell content on the platform.

The tech giant has a long history of barring developers from selling in-app content unless the deal passes Apple’s 30% cut. To avoid the ban, the team behind Damus had to tweak the app’s tip part, which is possible with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network method. The company previously reported in and tweet that it had to remove the tip button from posts and was allowed to allow tips for content.

Despite the change, Damus revealed on Monday that its app will be removed from the App Store. The company shared an image of Apple’s monitor, which says that the app’s instructions still don’t follow its guidelines. The senior expert wrote that “although tips or offers may be optional, if they are connected or linked to receiving items on the computer, they should use in-app purchases” with his instructions.

An Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch in an email that the company rejected the app after receiving Damus’s latest post, saying that the problems it previously described had not been resolved.

Damus plans to appeal against Apple’s decision.

“It looks like we’re getting kicked out of the App Store even though we updated our app to ensure that no digital content is opened when users download,” Damus wrote. and tweet. “Users are only informed after writing the notes, the idea that what is being sold is nonsense. We will appeal because the instructions are being used incorrectly and wrongly.”

Last year, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey gave around $245,000 bitcoin (that’s about 14 BTC) to support the development of an open and decentralized social network protocol called Nostr, which is based on pairs of cryptographic keys. Damus is the first mobile application to use the protocol. Dorsey reacted to Apple’s decision in a tweet on Monday, explaining that “instructions are not loading content.”

Damus hit the App Store in February and was one of the many Twitter critics that emerged after Elon Musk took over the social network, prompting Twitter users to try online services, such as Mastodon.

The promise of this program is a social network without an adult who decides what is online or who is allowed to participate, like Facebook or Twitter. Damus has end-to-end closed messaging and does not require users to enter a phone number, email, or name due to the way Nostr works.

It’s worth noting that this isn’t Damus’ first encounter with Apple. Damus faced difficulties in reviewing the app due to its nature, since Apple continued to ask the app to follow the same rules as other social networks, such as giving users a way to post inappropriate content and having content. which indicates that abuse is not allowed.

The company said it already had the app repeated rejections, although they are changing to follow the instructions of the tech giant. That changed in February, when the program was approved.