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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by nisegami on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:26AM (#26968138)
There's always been a trivial fix here in my opinion - allowing services to charge Google Play and App Store users more. Let users decide how much the safety and convenience of billing through Apple/Google is worth.
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by laurex on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:04AM (#26969498)
There are restrictions to even offering alternate payment methods set by Apple and Google.
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:10AM (#26969548)
More specifically, there are restrictions on advertising or mentioning alternative payment methods, but there can be an alternative payment method outside of the app stores.
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by fossuser on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:07AM (#26970233)
Some do, YouTube does this.
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