Apple actually built a way out, but they haven't advertised it, publicized it, nor marketed it under these terms. They probably don't even want people thinking

Apple actually built a way out, but they haven't advertised it, publicized it, nor marketed it under these terms. They probably don't even want people thinking about it. I have not just one, but three active podcast subscriptions that I initiated through Apple Pay just this past year including one to Siracusa's podcast, and I did so through Safari. There's your IAP alternative for payment processing right there that doesn't rely on giving Apple a 15-30% cut, nor giving your credit card details to every fly-by-night crapware peddler. EDIT: Also I just remembered, I believe this is also how I initiated a yearly subscription for a newsletter/podcast vendor hosted on Substack. For that matter, you can pre-order a Tesla Cybertruck using Apple Pay, I haven't, but it was an option on the order page.