Categories: Mobile

UK government will appeal Apple’s decision to block charitable donations

Currently Apple does not allow in-app charitable donations on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Apple started blocking apps that process charitable donations through online payment service PayPal in October of last year – Nick Hurd (@nickhurdmp), UK Civil Society Minister wants to change this.

Hurd has pledged to write to Apple to try and understand why they are blocking charitable donations. He believes that allowing donations from the iPhone has huge potential.

“It seems it could be a leader with this and I don’t understand why it is dragging its heels.

“I will write to Apple in the next couple of weeks to get clarity on its position and encourage the company to be more positive and constructive.”

It is thought that Apple restrict in-app donations as it’s unclear as to what percentage of the donation actually makes it to the charity. With current policy, Apple would also have to be given a percentage of each donation.

Albizu Garcia

Albizu Garcia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gain -- a marketing technology company that automates the social media and content publishing workflow for agencies and social media managers, their clients and anyone working in teams.

View Comments

Recent Posts

Imagine Your Life as a Game Controlled by Someone Else

You woke up this morning, made a series of choices, and ended up here reading…

2 hours ago

he Internet’s Writing Problem Is No Longer Easy to Ignore

Writing sucked long before LLMs showed up. Sure, today's doomsayers love pointing at ChatGPT as…

2 hours ago

DARPA O-Circuit program wants drones that can smell danger with ‘a new class of biologically inspired computer’

DARPA's O-Circuit program looks to build a new class of biologically inspired computer equipped with…

5 days ago

How a ten-day bootcamp is helping students at Delhi Public School hone their AI skills 

As AI races into classrooms worldwide, Google is finding that the toughest lessons on how…

5 days ago

WEF promotes eat the bugs agenda in ‘new nature economy’ report

The push to eat bugs is not an organic movement coming from the people, but…

6 days ago

Africa’s Digital Assets Push Gets an Upgrade as ADAS Teams-Up With CEO’s Forum

As Africa’s digital economy accelerates, a new partnership between the Africa Digital Assets Summit 2026…

7 days ago