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2020-08-17, 15:51

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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.
I’m sure Epic would be more than happy to host the fortnite iOS app on their own store, but that isn’t exactly possible now is it.

At some point, phones need to be recognized as portable computers. Other non-phone portable computers can load software from anywhere the user desires. I think this will happen with phones at some point, and this case could be a catalyst for that.
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