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The App Stores work-around that by invoicing customers once-per-month for all the accrued IAP microtransactions the user makes. > Seems like a simple opportuni
by DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
The App Stores work-around that by invoicing customers once-per-month for all the accrued IAP microtransactions the user makes.
> Seems like a simple opportunity for any payment processor middleman to just batch up transactions and run them through the CC processor at the end of the day/week/month
That only works if there's enough independent publishers who agree to band-together and commit to using a single payment processor. I doubt this will happen.
- solardev 3y agoWell, or at the end of my comment: > If the middleman doesn't want to, each individual publication can still just tally up your totals and then bill you each month. It seems like a really easy middle ground is to just allow pay-per-article views on mobile, which already have batched microtransactions built in. But even that isn't a thing. I suspect it isn't just a technical/billing issue, but a lack of willingness to pay the desired prices...
- DaiPlusPlus 3y ago> It seems like a really easy middle ground is to just allow pay-per-article views on mobile, which already have batched microtransactions built in. But even that isn't a thing. That would require users to install an app in order to take advantage of IAP (which then means losing 30% of the revenue to Apple or Google). People aren't going to install an app just to view (and pay for) articles on whatever blog-host the writer is using. It is the fate of any (and every) "Viewer app" to turn into a web-browser, and a sub-par one at that.