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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by wil421 on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:38AM (#35232144)
As a consumer why would I care? If anything singing up through Apple means I have all my subscriptions in one place with only a click away from cancelling. The only reason I moved Disney+ off of my iCloud was to get a $7 monthly rebate from AMEX.

All of the services that I’ve used don’t change 30% less if you skip Apple. I’m sure there are examples where it is cheaper.

At one point in time very recently I had to actually call newspapers and magazines to get a subscription cancelled. These were well known like Economist and WSJ.

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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by smoldesu on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:45AM (#35233300)
As a consumer, you arguably shouldn't care. This is a fight between Apple and the App distributors, if it still makes sense for you to use Apple's payment processing then nobody should stop you. However, that doesn't mean Apple can preclude other people from competing with them. Who knows, you (the customer) might be missing out on a better experience because of a lack of market competition. If you aren't, then the App Store still exists. It really seems like a win-win to me.
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