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One could argue that it's pro-consumer since curation of apps supposedly protects them from apps with malicious intentions (yes, the execution of this isn't per

One could argue that it's pro-consumer since curation of apps supposedly protects them from apps with malicious intentions (yes, the execution of this isn't perfect). It also guarantees a level of software quality associated with their devices. But what's obviously anti-consumer to me is the in app payment system. They take their 30% cut and forbid you from even hinting at alternative means to pay for something to use in an app.

threeseed 6y ago
I love that Apple controls the payment system. It means I have one place to manage subscriptions, one place with my credit card details, one place to manage family payments and all of it is from a company that can be trusted to do things in a secure and private way. Do you really want the likes of PayPal or Epic to dominate mobile App Store payments ?
- psahgal 6y ago
  The web has a wide variety of payment processors, but that doesn't seem to slow down online purchasing.
  - threeseed 6y ago
    No one is saying that it would slow down purchasing. Only that it is user-hostile which services like Paypal absolutely are.
    - psahgal 6y ago
      I'm surprised you find Paypal to be a user-hostile service! I've never had major issues with it. Would you like to elaborate?
- disown 6y ago
  > It means I have one place to manage subscriptions, one place with my credit card details, one place to manage family payments You are right. Choices and options just are messy. We should just have one company that does everything. Lets just merge everything together. > all of it is from a company that can be trusted to do things in a secure and private way. Are you for real? Apple is one of the greediest immoral and anti-competitive companies in the world. Not just in terms of tax avoidance via offshore shenanigans or slave labor in china, but their overall ethos of closed platform. But trust Saint Apple if you must. > Do you really want the likes of PayPal or Epic to dominate mobile App Store payments? What's wrong with nobody dominating anything and having competition?

threeseed 6y ago

I love that Apple controls the payment system. It means I have one place to manage subscriptions, one place with my credit card details, one place to manage family payments and all of it is from a company that can be trusted to do things in a secure and private way. Do you really want the likes of PayPal or Epic to dominate mobile App Store payments ?

psahgal 6y ago
The web has a wide variety of payment processors, but that doesn't seem to slow down online purchasing.
- threeseed 6y ago
  No one is saying that it would slow down purchasing. Only that it is user-hostile which services like Paypal absolutely are.
  - psahgal 6y ago
    I'm surprised you find Paypal to be a user-hostile service! I've never had major issues with it. Would you like to elaborate?
disown 6y ago
> It means I have one place to manage subscriptions, one place with my credit card details, one place to manage family payments You are right. Choices and options just are messy. We should just have one company that does everything. Lets just merge everything together. > all of it is from a company that can be trusted to do things in a secure and private way. Are you for real? Apple is one of the greediest immoral and anti-competitive companies in the world. Not just in terms of tax avoidance via offshore shenanigans or slave labor in china, but their overall ethos of closed platform. But trust Saint Apple if you must. > Do you really want the likes of PayPal or Epic to dominate mobile App Store payments? What's wrong with nobody dominating anything and having competition?