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by n3t 345 days ago
Can you provide an example?

I've just checked 3 different apps which offer premium features. All of them go straight to Apple Pay, without showing any other options.

EDIT: okay, I think get it now. In-app purchases != taking payments in general. E.g. I have different options for payments when using the Amazon app but only Apple Pay when buying a pro version of a metronome app. It's in-app purchases that force Apple Pay.
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mholm 345 days ago
In-app purchases (ie upgrading an App subscription) are different from purchases in an app (ie buying things on Amazon). Entirely different platforms and structures that have been separate forever.
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lxgr 345 days ago
That's not Apple Pay, these are iOS in-app purchases. If you or the author call it that, nobody here will understand you.
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n3t 345 days ago
Makes sense now, thanks.

To be fair, as a user, I don't see the expression "in-app purchases" while I _do_ see the Apple Pay logo. It's easy to get them confused.

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lxgr 345 days ago
What's probably happening here is that you are paying Apple using Apple Pay. Apple is the merchant of record for in-app-purchases.

So it's not entirely incorrect (but definitely confusing) to say that the end user is "paying using Apple Pay", but they're paying Apple, not the app vendor.

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