Airbnb and ClassPass against Apple: away from the App Store?

The health crisis of the last few months has prompted many services to review their nature and their methods of supplying the offer, focusing almost entirely on a virtual form. A transformation that has also affected Airbnb and ClassPass, platforms that have recently started to offer a series of courses and meetings organized remotely through their sites and applications: from cooking lessons to fitness lessons to perform the exercises at home instead of in the gym. According to Apple, 30% of the revenue generated in this way must end up in its coffers.

Apple and virtual experiences: the Airbnb and ClassPass cases

It will be one of the topics of discussion tackled tomorrow when Tim Cook, along with the number one from Google, Facebook and Amazon, will answer questions asked by the US Congress on issues mainly of an antitrust nature. Last year Spotify had pointed the finger at the bitten apple for reasons not too different.

For its part, the Cupertino group defends its position attributing it not to a question related to earnings, but to guarantee the correctness in against those platforms and developers who for years have found themselves in the position of having to face the payment of commissions by respecting guidelines in force since 2010. The negotiations with Airbnb continue in order to find an agreement, while ClassPass has been granted until the end of the year to adapt.

The latter has discontinued the offer related to virtual classes through its application available for iOS. In the case of Airbnb, as reported by the New York Times today, a failure to shake hands could lead to the exclusion of the application from the App Store catalog.

Source: The New York Times