Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire

Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:29PM (#27242765)

To me, the value Apple provides is a simple in-app flow to make a purchase. That's worth something. Getting kicked out of an app and having to type credit card info into a browser would suck.

But is it worth a 30% markup on each transaction? Well, disclose the fee to users, give them an alternative (shittier) option to pay, and find out.

I think an actual free market with forced transparency would settle on transaction fees an order of magnitude less (i.e. closer to 2% or 3%), similar to Visa and MasterCard.

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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by gbear605 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @01:19AM (#27243733)

On my computer, I can often click the “pay with Paypal” button and not need to type in anything. There should be an equivalent feature on iOS to redirect to another app to finish the transaction. After all, I already have an app for my bank and my credit card, why can’t I just pay with those?

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