Reading that it sounds like it’s referring to paying to boost your own posts, as in advertising/promotions. Facebook, for instance, uses the specific term “boost post” in their Business Suite when you want to pay to promote your own posts. In those cases I can see the argument that the user buying the boost is purchasing a service from the social platform. Are tips treated the same? For instance, Twitter has a tip feature that links to external wallets (cashapp, Strike, bitcoin address). I’m curious if the 30% “tax” applies to those?
I hear you and I agree with your take that `a user is not buying anything`. Apple is however notoriously good at changing their policies for their needs and making them `as broad as they can`.
While this isn't 100% what you're doing, you can clearly see how Apple is stretching their policies to limit `boosts` in social media apps. It's not oranges to oranges exactly, but its not far off for Apple to reject it because the boost through LN is not allowing for 30% intake.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/10/25/social-media-apps-must-pay-app-store-30-for-boosts
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