#BYMEspresso☕: Telegram accuses Apple of monopolising the Market Space
Durov accused Apple of destroying dreams and crushing entrepreneurs with its App Store tax, which requires a 15% or 30% commission to Apple for most in-app purchases.
Writing on his Telegram channel, Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, said that Apple had informed the messaging platform that it would not be able to allow content creators to use third-party payment methods for sales.
Telegram users can donate to content creators and access special content using a third-party payment method and not Apple's in-app purchasing system.
Durov said Apple is not "happy with content creators monetizing their efforts without paying a 30% tax" and that Telegram has no choice but to disable paid posts and channels on its iOS app.
"This is just another example of how a trillion-dollar monopoly abuses its market dominance at the expense of millions of users who are trying to monetize their own content," Durov continued.
Durov accused Apple of destroying dreams and crushing entrepreneurs with its App Store tax, which requires a 15% or 30% commission to Apple for most in-app purchases. Durov called upon regulators in the EU, India, and around the world to "start taking action."