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Yeah I can't understand why people think that inviting new middlemen into their transactions is acceptable. It's time to stop prostrating ourselves to these com
by add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Yeah I can't understand why people think that inviting new middlemen into their transactions is acceptable. It's time to stop prostrating ourselves to these companies.
- macintux 2y agoIt's complicated. Apple has given me a simple way to manage many of my subscriptions, a single pane of glass, which I appreciate. I'm fine paying a little extra for that. It would be more valuable to me if Apple didn't charge too much, which turns away service providers.
- mjhagen 2y agoExactly, it's the percentage that's just too damn high.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> can't understand why people think that inviting new middlemen into their transactions is acceptable Same reason people use credit cards or Gmail or hell Patreon. It reduces the number of counterparties you have to deal with and trust.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoThat attitude made sense when Google was trustworthy, I guess.
- FredPret 2y agoIt's not a Google-specific attitude - it's the value proposition of all middlemen everywhere. Facilitation of transactions and assuming the risk. It's worth it to many. I gladly pay Apple the extra 30% or whatever because it adds up to <$10 per month for me and I don't have to jump through hoops to cancel subs.
- datavirtue 2y agoBecause the people who truly value freedom are outliers, seen as weirdos.