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This would all make sense but why doesn’t Apple get 30% of software subscriptions on MacOS or subscriptions initiated through the Safari browser.

The dev work is the same for building those thing as iOS and Apple fields support questions about those things from naive users like the Snapchat users you described.

If the iOS 30% cut is justified then it makes no sense not to charge say Notion or OpenAI for subscriptions transacted from Safari. If that seems ridiculous then maybe it’s time to question the iOS cut because it’s inconsistent.

[vineyardmike]

Genuinely, the answer is that Apple can’t enforce it. They totally would if they could but website makers don’t sign contracts with the browser companies.