[teacup50]

I don't understand why they're only releasing this through the App Store in the first place.

- Giving 30% to Apple is no small thing

- You lose the ability to maintain a direct relationship with your customers, provide upgrade pricing, etc

- Any updates are gated behind a delay-and-frustration-prone release process.

- There are plenty of services that will handle billing for 5% or less, compared to Apple's 30%. However, in the post-Stripe universe, implementing a webstore yourself is actually super easy.

[mchakravarty]

There are many advantages and disadvantages to distributing through the App Store. It definitely makes launching a new product easier.

We have started to investigate other distribution channels. However, adding that option will take some work (= time).

[outworlder]

Is the company located in the US? Or in a Stripe-supported country?

If not, there's your answer.

[teacup50]

There are plenty of long-standing options other than Stripe if you don't go the "run the store yourself" route.