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by tmacam 1762 days ago
Sad thing is: for subscriptions I actually prefer having Apple as a middleman.

Want to cancel a subscription? Cool, just do it through iPhone’s Settings. No questions asked. There. Done. No “call our customer line/chat to cancel your subscription”. Want to renew it? Same place. Prices are clear and no “small print” non-sense.
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makeitdouble 1761 days ago
A weird limitation of Apple’s subscription system is that the dev can’t close it on its end. The same way as a dev can’t refund purchases.

You’re left with running after the users to close their iOS subscriptions if they cut ties with your service.

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Terretta 1761 days ago
Why sad?

Most anything else is user hostile. Why that might be, and why it’s popular to support doing those hostile things to users, makes you go ‘hmmm’.

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