On Daring Fireball, npub1eeetax7xxyr7mem486lqayj4av7czytttp9swjwn6yry6sn790lqrve209 (npub1eee…e209) asks if any developer will use an External Payment Link entitlement. There is only one case where I see it being possible, and it’s nasty.
This high 27% “IP commission” could be something that developers see as a cost to recoup. If you collect a person’s data, which you have because Apple requires you to track them, you sell that data to a broker and lower your effective customer acquisition cost.
The exact thing that App Tracking Transparency prevented.
Craig Hockenberry /
npub1hq…7ux9a
2024-01-21 22:46:39
Author Public Key
npub1hq8w8mtvf822zjne9dmdggev26pltdqappz90wv7gae0d69n3f9qq7ux9aPublished at
2024-01-21 22:46:39Event JSON
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