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No way that's happening on iOS as long as Apple takes 30% off the top
by akmarinov 7y ago
No way that's happening on iOS as long as Apple takes 30% off the top
- scarface74 7y agoYes because think of all the money Apple gets from taking 30% all of the free apps that would be free web apps....
- vbezhenar 7y agoThere are very few free apps. Most of apps are paid with ads or external subscription. And Apple wants cut there as well.
- scarface74 7y agoApple doesn’t have an ad network outside of the little money it makes from ads on the App Store itself. Also, Apple may want a cut of the subscription revenue but most companies who have significant subscription revenue, don’t go through Apple’s subscriptions payments.
- rstupek 7y agoApple doesn't get a cut of ads within apps. A free app with ads doesn't make Apple any more then the $99/year for being a developer
- NightlyDev 7y agoYeah, cause everything in the browser is free, right? Clearly it's A LOT of money for apple. If they didn't care about the money then they would just allow it so everyone could avoid receiving payments using apple and giving them 30 %.
- scarface74 7y agoThat still doesn’t answer the question. How many websites were required to be apps because of limitations of Safari? What makes you think users would willy nilly put their credit card on every random website. Everyone can avoid using Apple for subscriptions. There are existence proofs of apps on the store that require payments outside of the store - like all digital content from Amazon. Most of the money that people spend on the App Store are from games and in app consumables. Especially since the major services like Netflix and Spotify don’t allow in app subscriptions.
- the_gipsy 7y agoThe 30% includes any kind of subscriptions or payment tied to the user account.
- scarface74 7y agoSeeing that most major subscription services on the App Store are already forcing users to subscribe outside of the App Store, Apple isn’t getting a cut of subscriptions from the most popular service. How many apps require a subscription and cannot be a web app because of limitations of Safari? How many paid apps would be websites if it weren’t for limitations of Safari?
- the_gipsy 7y agoThe moment you offer in-app payment, apple gets a cut. This goes as far as not allowing apps that link to payment outside of the appstore's payment system. There is a huge number of cordova apps out there. These are webapps inside a native wrapper, to access exactly those features that are crippled in safari. Reliable storage, push notifications, and not much more.
- scarface74 7y agoYet dozens on companies have had successful businesses not doing in app purchases - like Amazon.
- the_gipsy 7y agoYeah big players get an exception - not a good example.
- scarface74 7y agoACloudGuru does not allow you to pay for subscriptions via in app purchases, Udemy allows both. A company can decide whether it is right for their business model to allow in app purchases exclusively or along side their own payment options. Hulu for instance allows in app purchases for the regular Hulu service but not Hulu Live