> Refund abuse is something all stores deal with and write off. Yes but don’t traditional retailers purchase the stock up front? Then they’re writing down loss

> Refund abuse is something all stores deal with and write off. Yes but don’t traditional retailers purchase the stock up front? Then they’re writing down losses on their own books, I doubt they’re charging back losses from shoplifting to Nabisco and Duracell. I’d give you this point if Apple bought the rights to distribute apps from developers, and then ate the losses for refunds, but it’s the exact opposite. Developers pay for the right to distribute, then lose the refund money when their product is used and then “returned.” They aren’t getting compensated for the incurred server costs from the fraudulent usage period either.