Telegram discontinues sponsored posts on iOS following backlash from Apple

Telegram discontinues sponsored posts on iOS following backlash from Apple

The “30 percent tax” refers to Apple’s portion of in-app payments and app purchases. Many people have criticized Apple’s App Store fees, including news publishers, Spotify, and, probably most notably, Epic Games.

Durov called Apple a monopoly that “abuses its market domination at the expense of millions of users who are attempting to commercialize their own content.” He hoped that regulators in various jurisdictions would intervene “before Apple ruins more dreams and wrecks more enterprises.”