[snuxoll]

Go buy a couple of singles off iTunes over a couple of days and see how long it takes to hit your card.

Apple has always deferred charging cards to minimize processing fees by bundling multiple purchases together.

[Steko]

I’m aware of that and don’t see how it changes what I wrote at all.

[eric-hu]

I didn’t downvote you, but I think Apple batching payments together would mean they didn’t “eat costs”. It sounds like batching could result in them turning a profit.