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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by scarface74 on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:22AM (#23575376)
Name one popular app that is not cross platform? How many apps have people paid for on iOS that are not subscription based and work on both platforms? Most money from apps Ecome from in app purchases from whales of pay to win games or subscriptions. How much data would really need to be “manually re-entered”?
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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by kelnos on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:16AM (#23624033)
That's fair, but doesn't invalidate all the other reasons why switching from iOS to Android is prohibitively difficult. It's laughable to suggest there's no lock-in at all. And some people just like iOS itself.
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