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In my understanding (IANAL), the TOS actually talks about two scenarios, "In the event that Apple receives any notice or claim from any End-User", e.g. a case w
by sirn 6y ago
In my understanding (IANAL), the TOS actually talks about two scenarios, "In the event that Apple receives any notice or claim from any End-User", e.g. a case where user asked Apple Support for a refund and "In the event that Apple receives any notice or claim from a payment provider that an End-User has obtained a refund for a Licensed Application", e.g. a case where user asked their credit card company for a refund (e.g. a chargeback).
The "right to retain its commission on the sale" clause may cover both, but at least in the chargeback case it makes sense to have such a clause.
- gowld 6y agoWhy does it make sense for Apple to retain the commission on a charge back? Because Apple might not be able to "take away" an app that was installed and then charged back instead of returned?
- sirn 6y agoThe fee is usually not returned to the merchant from payment provider in case of chargeback (in this case, merchant is Apple, but payment gateway may also not get the fee returned from acquiring bank also). In this case, Apple returning the fee result in them paying the refund out of their own pocket, which may be a source of abuse. This varies by payment provider, and some do charge extra in case this happens. I've posted a bit more about this in other subthread.[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996366 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996366
- KMnO4 6y agoApple has had the ability to remotely remove apps from iPhones since the iPhone 1. https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/07/apple-can-remotely-remove-applications-from-your-iphone/ https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/07/apple-can-remotely-remove-...