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Presumably other companies would run app stores and do things like refunds. After all there are already apps where you can buy stuff on your phone not through t
by chillacy 6y ago
Presumably other companies would run app stores and do things like refunds. After all there are already apps where you can buy stuff on your phone not through the app store (Audible, AirBnb, Amazon, etc). Why are apps any different?
- pneill 6y agoYeah, but how does Apple/Google determine if an app developer has the capability to do it and verify that they're consistently doing it? Or are we saying that only big companies with verified and known payment platforms can use their own payment system? And then, how many bad experiences for these types of purchases (or articles about bad experiences) will customers tolerate before they stop trusting in-app or third party purchases? One? A hundred?
- chillacy 6y agoI'm sure people have had bad experiences on AirBnB and Amazon. I don't think Apple should try to curate Amazon's reviews or vet AirBnB hosts. Or a real life analogy: every year someone drinks bleach and dies. I'd rather we didn't make bleach completely illegal. Maybe Apple can do what the Mac does and have some prompts like "hey danger ahead".