[mafriese]

Honestly as a user I will avoid any app that is trying to offer me a purchase outside the App Store. Users mostly don't care about the issues between the developers and Apple and at least I am willing to pay more for my IAPs and be able to use Apple as my payment processor (sure - I can pay with Apple Pay but switching to another app for paying is a step more than needed).

[Aeolun]

Isn’t everyone here a developer? Aren’t you frustrated Apple can essentially take 30% of your revenue just for the privilege of strengthening their monopoly?

[prepend]

I’m a user more than I’m a developer. And there’s lots more users than developers.

I’m going to pay 3-5% for payment processing no matter how I look at it. So paying apple 15% to handle that is acceptable to me.

It’s one of those things that should be cheaper and is too much, but better than the alternative.

The payment part is the worst part of the purchase experience for me. I play a game that has a Mac version through Epic and an iOS version. Buying on iOS is easy, one click. Buying on Mac is a pain with some modal web frame pop up to a payment processor where I have to enter my payment info every time. EVERY TIME! I’ve already logged in. They know me.

Of course the price to me is the same in both situations.

So alternate payment processors will just be shittier for users. Bad UX, riskier data, and the same price.

[tinus_hn]

It isn’t even 30% because you can top up your balance using discounted iTunes cards.

[Razengan]

Unless you only ever use your own apps and nothing else, some of us are also “users” (in the general consumer sense).

Unless you jumped straight from school into a company with the goal to make mad money and nothing else, some of us became developers precisely because computer technology shaped our lives and became our passion.

We want to give our users the best experience possible, and don’t really care about their email addresses and credit card numbers and shit. And Apple’s IAP is closest to the ideal system:

• Minimal clicks and no jarring exits out of the app into third-party websites

• No need to re-enter payment and personal info at multiple places

• Biometric verification

• Preserves privacy and protects financial info

• Shows all receipts and subscriptions in one place

Even if Apple took a 50% I would still want the users of my app to have access to those benefits, because that’s what I would like all other devs to give me in their apps.

[mafriese]

Well... That's the same amount of money you have to give to Google, Microsoft and Amazon if you want to use their services. Google and Apple both take 15% if you make less than 1.000.000$/year. Again - As a user I also don't have a problem with the AppStore monopoly because 1. When I bought the device I knew that I can only use the apps that are available on the AppStore 2. Every time I open the Microsoft Store I'm thankful that the guidelines on iOS are so strict 3. Freedom to install everything you ""want"" has at least the same amount of bad use cases than good ones (usually it's mostly used for modding or piracy).

[moneywoes]

Effectively 15% for most developers

[madhatte]

When it comes to Apple privacy trumps ownership/monopoly. Its like a benevolent dictator. It can do no bad, if something is bad, then actually its good!.

[mchusma]

I don't think anyone is objecting to Apple being allowed to offer a solution. Most simply want there to be other options available to customers.

[malshe]

The majority of customers don’t want the choice.