Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's membership programs (2018)

Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by whoisburbansky on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:13PM (#29915969)

It's pretty clear from the original thread and the reply that the implication is that Postmates was the first to offer subscriptions through iOS without going through IAP, therefore bypassing Apple's 30% cut, not that they "invented subscriptions."

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by virgilp on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:51AM (#29917613)

"no one has ever done it" - it definitely sounded to me like they implied to transform something that used to be a "pay per consumption" into a "service". Which is definitely untrue, Creative Cloud preceded them by half a decade, Amazon Prime was before that, and arguably Netflix inspired everyone.

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by wraptile on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:40PM (#29916142)

I might be out of touch but that doesn't seem as impressive as this thread implies.

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by Thorrez on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:34AM (#29917501)

What's impressive is that they were a small company that did something everyone thought was crazy, then all the big companies copied them.

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