Couchsurfing is my go-to case to present in favor of making all in-app purchases via Apple instead of third-party payment processors. So they had a one-time “v

Couchsurfing is my go-to case to present in favor of making all in-app purchases via Apple instead of third-party payment processors. So they had a one-time “verification fee” of around $60-$100 (I think it varied by region or something) and a promise that we would never have to pay anything again. Some time later they started charging a monthly “COVID fee” or something (not much but also varying by region) but unless you paid that, you were suddenly unable to access anything on your account AT ALL. I hadn’t used Couchsurfing in a while so when I logged in after that update, it was as if my account had been hijacked and ransomed; people couldn’t even delete their profiles (along with the info visible to the public) until they paid (again.) You might say that a few bucks isn’t a big deal, but if these fees were paid via Apple’s IAP system, Apple would have given me a refund without question like they do with all other crap services, whereas Couchsurfing has yet to even respond to my requests for a refund.