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Ask HN: Why arent there any mobile browsers with payment gateways built in?

8 points by kunle 15y ago

Part of the edge that native apps have over browser apps are the easy payment gateway (itunes or Android), which means good developers/content people can monetize via native much more simply than over the mobile web. Isn't a payment enabled browser necessary for mobile web apps to reach parity?

wmf 15y ago
Why restrict it to mobile? Why didn't we have payment in the browser in 1997? More practically, I think "open web" advocates would have a fit when they saw the 30% fees.
- kunle 15y ago
  I dont think you need to restrict it into mobile. Its appalling to me that Apple hasnt released Safari with payments in it (or Google/Chrome). This is arguably the biggest barrier to microtransactions on the web/mobile web IMO. Doesnt have to be at 30% fees either . . . thats completely artificial (and hopefully will come down over time)
randall 15y ago
Andressen said this during startup school... he wished that he had created a payment infrastructure in his browser.