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by madeofpalk 1140 days ago
Those businesses are already viable, without App Store, as evidenced by Twitch and OnlyFans.

App Store deserves plenty of criticism, Youtube's failure to produce a viable ecosystem for accepting tips for videos is not Apple's fault.

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Does Twitch allow tips inside its iOS app? Ignore the rest of comment if so.

I agree theses businesses are viable however their iOS App activities are severely limited, thus creating the missing app economy.

Surprisingly enough, yes, Twitch does allow tips (Bits) inside its iOS app. They're 30% more expensive than on the web https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/watching-twitch-on-ios-devi.... Same with subs https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/subscriptions-on-mobile