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What Apple Pay Could Mean for In-App Purchases

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Re: What Apple Pay Could Mean for In-App Purchases

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Post by r00fus » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 8:18 PM UTC

PinguTS wrote: post #2

He is wrong. In fact Apple charges the banks: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-10/apple-said-to-reap-... Which makes sense, when you read the technical details published earlier today here on HN: http://clover-developers.blogspot.de/2014/09/apple-pay.html

> He is wrong. In fact Apple charges the banks

The article you're linking to is not definitive. The source is anonymous and not confirmed:

"Under deals reached with banks individually, Cupertino, California-based Apple will collect a fee for each transaction, said one of the people, who requested anonymity because terms aren’t public."

Re: What Apple Pay Could Mean for In-App Purchases

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Post by ThomPete » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 8:44 PM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #39

amatheus wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app store has free apps too, it could be said the paid apps are subsidizing the free ones.

Subsidizing the bandwidth costs? Because the free app developers surely don't see any of that 30% cut app charges other apps.

The apps needs to be approved. The majority of cost from running the app store is the people who work there.

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