App store payments will have increased competition

Re:App store payments will have increased competition by NHQ on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:27PM (#28329752)

Would it not be more profitable to process all payments for all internet transactions, rather than one app store?

Ditch app stores, fully integrate the web as a platform, then bake Apple/Google pay into the browser/OS, and just be the payment processor for all transactions.

This would also make it much easier for web developers to fetch payments from their apps, no third party API needed. The boost in volume from this factor alone should be considerable.

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Re:App store payments will have increased competition by Hamuko on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:53PM (#28330130)

Apple already has baked in Apple Pay to Safari for a cut of all transactions.

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Re:App store payments will have increased competition by rollcat on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:28PM (#28330606)

Apple Pay doesn't take a cut.

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Re:App store payments will have increased competition by Hamuko on Friday August 27, 2021 @02:29PM (#28331365)

It absolutely does.

https://www.theregister.com/2014/09/13/apple_to_get_15_cents...

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Re:App store payments will have increased competition by _jal on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:44PM (#28330819)

I'm not sure what exactly you're including/excluding under the 'Apple Pay' umbrella here, but what do you call the merchant discount rate?

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Re:App store payments will have increased competition by astlouis44 on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:40PM (#28329931)

We're building this at our startup - a universal app store in WebGL. Primary use case is for game developers (Unreal Engine, and later Unity). No 30% fees, applications work everywhere.

For users, clicking a link is much easier than installing an app.

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