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It's doesn't seem like this is physical goods in physical stores, but physical goods in internet stores. So you could have a "Pay with iTunes Account" button a
by smackfu 13y ago
It's doesn't seem like this is physical goods in physical stores, but physical goods in internet stores. So you could have a "Pay with iTunes Account" button at the end of the purchase process, along with the "Pay with Paypal" button.
I'm not entirely sure I see where the profit motivation for Apple is. They can't charge much more than the standard 2.X% that the other processors charge. And only a few tenths of a percent of that is profit. I guess they could force all iOS apps like the Amazon iOS app to use their payment system and charge a higher percentage, but that would cause a lot of ill will and would probably chase companies back to web apps.
- kinofcain 13y agoIf they require you to confirm the purchase with your fingerprint they would likely have lower levels of fraud than raw credit card numbers which would let them undercut the other payment providers. They could make a nice profit charging less than the standard 2.X%.
- fpgeek 13y agoApple didn't have any issue with creating ill will because of their policies for ebooks and other digital goods. Should they decide to go that route, I don't think they'll have any issues requiring their payment backend for physical goods as well. And I strongly suspect Apple views chasing companies (that don't want to use their payment system) to web apps as a feature, not a bug.