A look at the implications of South Korea's alternative app store payment law: confusion for non-technical users, difficulty managing subscriptions, and more
Apple defines in-app purchases as “App Store purchases”, which I disagree with. I see a clear difference between purchasing …
Daring Fireball John Gruber
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Discussion
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@keleftheriou
Kosta Eleftheriou
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Today is the beginning of something wonderful. Thank you, South Korea!🙏 https://forums.macrumors.com/ ...
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@daringfireball
Daring Fireball
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★ Let's Consider Some of the Implications of Third-Party Payment Processing for In-App Purchasing on iOS and Android https://daringfireball.net/...
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@neilcybart
Neil Cybart
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The App Store is one of those things in which the average consumer just wants it to work. They don't care about gripes (valid & invalid) that developers have. Not enough developers are willing to admit this and by extension recognize unintended consequences of App Store changes.
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@stroughtonsmith
Steve Troughton-Smith
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Lot of the discussion around this, especially from Apple's side, makes it sound like a potential in-app payment wild west. What that ignores is that there are payment processors that customers *do* trust — Amazon, Stripe, PayPal, et al https://twitter.com/...
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@steven_aquino
Steven Aquino
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A couple thoughts re: this @gruber piece: 1. He's spot-on about “normal” people not giving a shit whether app stores should be opened up. 2. Apple's subscription system is great for accessibility in terms of reducing cognitive load. https://daringfireball.net/...
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@stroughtonsmith
Steve Troughton-Smith
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Those services are just as easy, if not easier, as Apple's to cancel/refund/unsub with. And prices will be lower, as a result, if offered side by side. There is nothing stopping Apple enforcing — by policy — that all apps using IAP must adhere to the system IAP family controls
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@stroughtonsmith
Steve Troughton-Smith
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If Apple cared about consumers more than the paltry sum it makes from developer revenue, it would drop App Store & In App Purchase commissions to as low as realistically possible, so that everybody would want to use the system. Match other processors — you can afford to
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@stroughtonsmith
Steve Troughton-Smith
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How does Apple's in-app purchase stay as a preferred option for consumers given the choice? By *competing*. Lower rates & better terms for developers. If Apple's IAP really were the best option out there, developers wouldn't be looking elsewhere to try and sustain their business