Re:App Clips for iOS
by neurostimulant on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:27PM
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I kinda doubt that parking lot management companies would be willing to pay Apple's 30% transaction fee though.
Re:App Clips for iOS
by majormajor on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:34PM
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Apple's fees are on digital goods, not physical ones. Amazon doesn't pay a fee for me to place a physical order in the Amazon app, nor does the laundry app in my old apartment building.
Re:App Clips for iOS
by neurostimulant on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @07:31PM
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I thought parking counts as a service, not physical goods, but then again I think I paid parking via app in the past, with external payment gateway, so you're probably right.
The in-app purchase system is the one which takes a fee, and is only sometimes required (and only _usable_) for services or digital goods consumed in the app itself.
Any real world good or service would fall onto Apple Pay, which makes its money through a micro fee on the card issuer, basically to use the phone as a convenient, highly fraud-resistant card.
A parking lot clip could use the time-based notification to warn you that your meter is almost up and give you the option to re-up. Without having to walk back to the lot to do it. I imagine this would be especially useful in a tourist-heavy area since somebody who isn't sticking around won't want to download a whole app for the purpose.