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Re:App Clips for iOS by neurostimulant on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:27PM (#23633446)
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 (#23633522)
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 (#23635061)
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.
Re:App Clips for iOS by dwaite on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @08:17PM (#23635379)
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.