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by _zooted 1586 days ago
IMO the goal is to add friction to the external payment methods so that people just give up and use the built-in Apple payment method that they make insane margins on.
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Well, their "commission" on out-of-app purchases is 27%, so adding friction doesn't make a ton of sense.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30204604

Apple's just being a dick here.

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