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As a user, I have the following honest question for anyone who's clamoring for the abolishment of the App Store(s): Can you guarantee that your proposed distri
by Razengan 6y ago
As a user, I have the following honest question for anyone who's clamoring for the abolishment of the App Store(s):
Can you guarantee that your proposed distribution mechanism will give me a refund if I ask for it?
Apple has always given me a refund for all third-party apps, almost no questions asked, ever.
Whereas on the other hand, apps/services which bypass In-App Purchases and use their own payment systems stall me for weeks or months before they refund, if ever. For example I'm still trying to get my money back from Couchsurfing after they basically hijacked my account about a month ago until I paid a "COVID contribution" just to delete my info.
- Razengan 6y agoNo answers, as expected. What these people are suggesting is the worse evil, with the goal or at least the end result being to make users more vulnerable to all sorts of predatory third-parties. You may downvote these comments to manufacture an impression of homogenous opinion in this echo chamber but I will continue to support Apple with my money to counter that. The App Store is necessary, for users and for devs.