Re:Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use ot...
by maccard on Saturday January 15, 2022 @12:47PM
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NYT offers a subscription that can be purchased outside the US (I'm a subscriber to NYT cooking living in the UK), and to the best of my understanding you're still required to call even outside the US.
Re:Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use ot...
by mr_aks on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:35PM
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I was able to cancel NYT subscription from the EU without calling them.
Re:Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use ot...
by hnaccount_rng on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:31PM
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At least from Germany. And at least last year I could just cancel online
Re:Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use ot...
by ralfd on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:07PM
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> small time devs get a loss of 25% of income
Nitpicking: Apple takes 15% from small time devs (less than a million $)
Re:Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use ot...
by hfsh on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:13AM
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> There is probably also a law specifying how to unsubscribe, but I can't tell how it works in the Netherlands.
The law here in the Netherlands is that you must be able to unsubscribe by the same method you subscribed in the first place.
If the NYT tried this here, I'd just revoke access from my bank account, assuming they even had any. There is probably also a law specifying how to unsubscribe, but I can't tell how it works in the Netherlands.
UPDATE: Thinking this through, it allows us to put a monetary value on consumer protection. Much of what the apple 30% tax gives you as a consumer is built into law. So assuming a more reasonable cost of say 5%, small time devs get a loss of 25% of income because of the state of payments and consumer protection in the USA. You can haggle over percentages, but there is a cost.