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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by kmlx on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:41PM (#30211892)
i don’t get why you are forced to do this.

the app for my phone network just opens a webview where i pay for stuff. then i close the webview and the funds just show up in the app. do they also pay 30% to apple?

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by anaisbetts on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:55PM (#30212099)
Because if you do this, and you do not have an explicit exception (carriers being one of them), your app will be removed from the store
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by kmlx on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:59PM (#30212149)
ah, so the carriers are exempted, interesting, thanks.

so i guess the other route is what most companies do: webapp…

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by yurishimo on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:02PM (#30212191)
If they are following apple's rules, yes, that is what they want. If they catch you trying to skirt it, your app gets pulled from the store until you "fix" it.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by Spivak on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:02PM (#30212199)
No, the 30% commission is for digital goods (i.e. goods to be consumed on the phone -- game "coins", ebooks, music, movies, comics, app features).

The things that Apple takes a cut for is actually pretty small in the grand scheme of commerce.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by daveidol on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:05PM (#30212242)
This is only allowed for "non-digital" goods - otherwise if you distribute in the App Store. Hell, you can't even link to or mention that it would be possible to pay anywhere else.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by whiddershins on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:38PM (#30215702)
Even Kindle (Amazon) does not do this.
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