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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by dhsysusbsjsi on Friday September 11, 2020 @07:53PM (#24448578)
The fact they need rules to enforce use of their inferior payment system shows how inherently anti-competitive IAP is. If it were optional and you could freely roll your own purchase mechanism, most (not all) developers would remove Apple IAP with the current 30% fees.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by floydnoel on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:30PM (#24449336)
...and I would go from spending one or two hundred a month on IAPs, and spend zero instead. There is no way I’m giving an app my payment info.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by frosted-flakes on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:39PM (#24449625)
How do you make online purchases? Do you just... not? Is the use of independent payment systems on the Web somehow different from in iOS apps?
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by TylerE on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:59PM (#24449730)
Use an intermediary like google wallet or a one time virtual cc?
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by frosted-flakes on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:06AM (#24449764)
In which case OP should have no problem using the same solution for in-app purchases.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by doteka on Saturday September 12, 2020 @02:55AM (#24450454)
What about “roll your own” equates to google wallet? That’s very much not roll your own, and not what the grandparent was arguing.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by frosted-flakes on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:43AM (#24452360)
You misunderstand. The customer can use Google Wallet if he wishes.

On the Web, payments almost always go through the credit card system, using one of many payment providers (PayPal, Stripe, etc.) set up by the seller. The customer also has the option of using a "safer" virtual credit card to avoid the possibility of credit card theft.

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