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0 pointsnerdjon4y ago0 comments

I fully understand that I am... maybe closer to people here but in the grand scheme of things financially I am in a better state than most people.

But so I was curious, I have $762 worth of subscriptions a year through Apple. So I could save $228.60 if they were all 30% less.

To me that is worth it. But I would also like to point out, that many of the apps I am subscribed too. I am only subscribed too because it was easy through Apple and I knew that I could cancel. I have a number of expired ones that I used for 6 months or a year but I didn't need anymore. A few that I have right now fit this but I am still actively using them.

If it wasn't for this central subscription, they would have never gotten my money to begin with.

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OmahaBoy694y ago

How the hell did you manage to rack up $762 in yearly subscription fees...?

nerdjonOP4y ago

About $360 of that is Apple One Premier.

Disney+, Budget app, weight management, couple yearly apps. Not that hard to get to that point I don't think.

aeontech4y ago

Right, but it seems like many people here are assuming the 30% cut is for subscription management / payment processing only, ignoring that arguably it also covers all the other benefits the access to centralized App Store gives.

Neither company is going to say “oh, you’re using another payment processor? Ok, our cut is now 0.”

Much more likely the argument will be “oh, you’re using another payment processor? That’s fine, industry standard payment processing fee is 3 percent, our cut will be correspondingly 27%”

forty4y ago

What if there was another payment system available on iphone with similar subscription centralisation service, with only 10% fee? Would you use that instead?

IMO the main problem is the lack of competition. If Apple were forced to accept other payment platforms, you'd soon find the same service for cheaper.

nerdjonOP4y ago

I don't necessarily care that its Apple.

But the only reason that this works the way it does, is because a developer has to use it. If there really was a third party offering that was just as easy to use sure, why not. But I just don't see companies willingly making it easy to cancel a service without trying to send the customer through some retention workflow.

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0 pointsnerdjon4y ago0 comments

I fully understand that I am... maybe closer to people here but in the grand scheme of things financially I am in a better state than most people.

But so I was curious, I have $762 worth of subscriptions a year through Apple. So I could save $228.60 if they were all 30% less.

If it wasn't for this central subscription, they would have never gotten my money to begin with.

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OmahaBoy694y ago

How the hell did you manage to rack up $762 in yearly subscription fees...?

nerdjonOP4y ago

About $360 of that is Apple One Premier.

Disney+, Budget app, weight management, couple yearly apps. Not that hard to get to that point I don't think.

aeontech4y ago

Neither company is going to say “oh, you’re using another payment processor? Ok, our cut is now 0.”

Much more likely the argument will be “oh, you’re using another payment processor? That’s fine, industry standard payment processing fee is 3 percent, our cut will be correspondingly 27%”

forty4y ago

What if there was another payment system available on iphone with similar subscription centralisation service, with only 10% fee? Would you use that instead?

IMO the main problem is the lack of competition. If Apple were forced to accept other payment platforms, you'd soon find the same service for cheaper.

nerdjonOP4y ago

I don't necessarily care that its Apple.

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