And, Ebay doesn't charge exorbitant fees! 10% vs 30%.
I don't get how chase and stripe relate to this situation.
My view is that Apple deserves a cut, maybe even 30%, by giving you users and transactions of App purchases. Sure, even IAP, since its lower friction. But not allowing you to handle your own IAP IF YOU WANT or your own subscriptions or offer a different price based on payment method or link to where you CAN sign up or even mention WHY or that Apple is taking a huge cut is... basically extortion.
A third party marketplace would be Etsy. Ebay can't stop you from going to Etsy.
Epic isn't trying to set up an app store on iOS (as they tried for Android!). They are trying to avoid using the platform payment system.
Ebay DOES have restrictions on payments![0] But you DO NOT have to use PayPal:
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/payment-policies/accepted...
And, Ebay doesn't charge exorbitant fees! 10% vs 30%.
I don't get how chase and stripe relate to this situation.
My view is that Apple deserves a cut, maybe even 30%, by giving you users and transactions of App purchases. Sure, even IAP, since its lower friction. But not allowing you to handle your own IAP IF YOU WANT or your own subscriptions or offer a different price based on payment method or link to where you CAN sign up or even mention WHY or that Apple is taking a huge cut is... basically extortion.