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Is this an option that exists or could be added in the future?

30% off would make the pricing feel less steep

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My company tried transitioning app subscriptions to alternatives outside the app stores and it was not worth it. Credit card fraud was a massive issue. It got so bad the payment networks (Visa, MasterCard) threatened to ban us from their networks.

Google and Apple aren't totally rent seeking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Interesting, thanks for the insight

30% def too high tho haha

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly not really when compared to the alternative. Our net payout through alternatives was closer to 60%. We experienced a bot attack one month where we actually lost money due to generating massive transaction fees on bogus chargebacks.

I thought Google shifted to a flat 15% anyway (especially for small app developers). It's really a no brainer for app developers then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Def forgot they switched to 15% for the first million. That's very reasonable

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How would you download updates? Or even get updates notification? Who would support the infrastructure to download the app? For 8$, i would simply bite the bullet. It's 27$CAD for a lifetime license damn it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

$27 feels pricey to me tho. 30% off of that would be very enticing but yea, idk how hard it is to implement these other payment options on the backend

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could put it in F-Droid right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If he decided to make Sync open source and remove ads then sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, Sync is not open source