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by yyyk 1864 days ago
It's easy to offer the same user experience with other payment processors. It's even possible with websites. All that's needed is for Apple to export the relevant APIs and support the needed APIs in Safari.

Then again, given that other payment processors have more experience, I'm not sure their UX is worse. There's more to UX than Face ID (chargebacks, dispute resolution, being able to move your subscription to Android should you desire it, etc.).

Therefore the issue is Apple getting monopoly rent (which you pay for indirectly), not UX. Your selfish interest should ask Apple to open up.
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X-Istence 1864 days ago
Apple does offer Apple Pay on websites and it can easily be integrated with a payment processor. I use it for buying stuff on Apple Pay enabled sites all the time.
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sizzle 1864 days ago
Why not offer a discount without 30% cut for Apple credit card users and force streamlined UX on all apps with this payment method they can control the checkout experience.
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