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Ryan
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2020-08-14, 17:15

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Originally Posted by turtle View Post
The problem with allowing outside payment methods is that now a company can put up a major app for free in the store and allow Apple to eat the infrastructure costs. The developer of that app then allows payments/subscriptions to be made without going through Apple. Who's paying for the infrastructure of that app within Apple's system?

Basically it means Apple is supposed to give developers a free ride and get nothing in return.

I'm not saying the way it is now is "right", but Apple being expected to host/distribute an app that Apple didn't develop for free is nothing more than being an entitled, whiny chump.
What about a paid subscription app where the bulk of the functionality is on the developer's infrastructure?

I use a cloud-based budgeting app called You Need A Budget. They have an iOS app but also a website. If I buy my subscription through their app, should YNAB have to pay 30% of my subscription to Apple when the complexity is all on YNAB's end?
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