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by geocar 1952 days ago
> How does not allowing devs to sell subscriptions on their website help with this arguable safety?

By making sure the user has a single channel for dealing with payments and complaints.

Deliveroo did an update their software that wiped out my login settings. They didn't support apple login, so I lost access to my account. They won't recover my email because of a special character in it, and so they continued to charge me for their "plus" service every month, and avoided any emails I tried to send asking to stop (asking me to "log in" to change my payment settings!).

Requiring apps use Apple's channel would have protected me from that experience.

> Don't bullshit.

If you're not trying to be persuaded, why are you arguing?