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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by disiplus on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:23PM (#30210813)
the app maker should have the complete freedom what payment options he offers. if i want you to pay me in stones that is my freedom, the same you are free to not use my app and find another app that offers methods that you like.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by john_minsk on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:11PM (#30211464)
Great point. Also true: I already have some level of trust with Apple(I bought their device), not you. So Apple should return more relevant results for me on AppStore or even allow me to filter out those apps, that doesn’t support preferred option of payment. Will you agree with such setting?
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by ThatPlayer on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:24PM (#30213473)
I don't mind it being a filter, but I think them sorting them like that by default could be an issue. Would you equivalate it to developers paying for higher search ranking? Apple favoring their own services over others definitely could be an anti-trust issue.
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