⁍ Facebook will not charge fees of its own for online events while businesses remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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⁍ Apple said it has given businesses affected by the pandemic more time to implement the system and that Facebook is getting the same exemption until year’s end.

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⁍ Gaming creators will not receive the exemption because the service was launched in early 2018 and it is not a physical business affected by the pandemic.

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– Small businesses won’t have to pay a 30% fee to Apple for the rest of 2020—at least temporarily. Facebook announced Friday that it will waive the fee for all businesses running paid online events on its iOS app, Reuters reports. The move comes after a months-long standoff between the two tech giants over Apple’s requirement for businesses to pay a 30% fee in the App Store if they want their events to appear on Facebook. “Apple has agreed to provide a brief, three-month respite after which struggling businesses will have to, yet again, pay Apple the full 30% App Store tax,” a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. Facebook had challenged Apple’s requirement last month, telling users in an app update that the iPhone maker would take a cut of sales for a new online events feature but later removed the message after Apple rejected the update. Facebook said it will not charge fees of its own for online events while businesses remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, through at least August 2021. Apple said Friday that such online events have always been subject to its in-app payment rules, which charge commissions between 15% and 30% of the purchase price of paid online events. gaming creators will not receive the exemption because the service was launched in early 2018 and it is not a physical business affected by the pandemic, Apple said. “Apple maintains a clear, consistent set of guidelines that apply equally to everyone,” the company said in a statement.