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Coinbase is facilitating purchasing between third parties. Do you have to pay 30% Apple tax when purchasing things in the e-bay app on an iPhone? (I honestly do
by _Algernon_ 4y ago
Coinbase is facilitating purchasing between third parties. Do you have to pay 30% Apple tax when purchasing things in the e-bay app on an iPhone? (I honestly don't know, but these seem equivalent to me)
- luckylion 4y agoIt would be 30% of the ebay fee, I suppose. That would be wild though. Would banks be paying 30% of their account fees that are related to actions taken on the iphone?
- mrbombastic 4y ago“Digital” goods is the differentiator. ebay, amazon and the like can sell physical goods without giving a cut. It is why you can’t buy kindle books in the amazon app, they would have to give apple a cut.
- px43 4y agoWhen you buy an NFT using the Coinbase wallet, you aren't buying it from Coinbase, you're buying it from some other random person. The Coinbase wallet is only being used to facilitate a person-to-person transaction, and view personal NFT collections.
- mrbombastic 4y agoIt has been claimed elsewhere that coinbase charges transaction fees for these, i don’t know if that is true or not but if it is it does not seem to be an inconsistent application of the rules. It would be the same as buying a kindle edition from an independent publisher through amazon’s iOS app, amazon takes a cut so they have to pay up. I am not defending the policy just not clear to me this is an inconsistent application.
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- HDThoreaun 4y agothey don't care who you're buying it from.
- darkwizard42 4y agoThey would still take a cut. If the transaction is still happening in the Coinbase app then it is an in-app payment. It is still the transaction of a digital good.