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"The lack of a decent payment infrastructure leads to pathologies.... When paying for items is a hassle, it's easier to just use Amazon who have stored your cre
by dash2 5y ago
"The lack of a decent payment infrastructure leads to pathologies.... When paying for items is a hassle, it's easier to just use Amazon who have stored your credit card already - so we get a huge ecommerce monopoly."
- makeitdouble 5y agoSorry I didn’t address it directly; It’s a valid view in isolation, but you can’t complain about Amazon’s ecommerce monopoly and put forward Apple’s own restrictive solution as a counter to that. Both aim at keeping you captive in their ecosystem, neither are healthy by your standard.
- dash2 5y agoThat's fair, but these ecosystems are not the same. Many different shops have apps for iPhone, and Apple doesn't charge on purchases made from those shops. Amazon does, and it may choose to charge monopoly prices on certain items.