commit 544291875293aff4fac67d7c8de2b491d632ab2b
parent 88f5e674c3d5e6535f8396af1e8241b9b03e80f2
Author: Marc Stibane <marc@taler.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 15:27:15 +0200
more corrections
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/template/news/2025-05.html.j2 b/template/news/2025-05.html.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{% extends "common/news.j2" %}
{% block body_content %}
-<h1>2025-07: "ApplePay vs. Alternative Payment Services"</h1>
+<h1>2025-07: "Apple Pay vs. Alternative Payment Services"</h1>
<p>
<small>by Marc Stibane</small>
</p>
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ payment services.
<p>
This means app manufacturers have no real freedom of choice. Since millions of
customers already have signed up for Apple payments in their Apple account, app
-manufacturers cannot really afford to exclude them as potential customers. App
-manufacturers should be able to freely choose one or multiple payment service
-providers (Apple payments and/or 3rd-Party) to offer their customers. Users would
-then have the choice for each payment, which of the offered payment methods they
-want to use now.
-And of course, zero fees should go to Apple if the choice is not ApplePay.
+manufacturers cannot really afford to exclude them as potential customers.
+App manufacturers should be able to freely choose one or multiple payment methods
+(Apple payments and/or alternative payment providers) to offer their customers.
+Users would then have the choice for each payment, which of the offered payment
+methods they want to use now.
+And of course, zero fees should go to Apple if the choice is an alternative
+payment service.
</p>
<h2>Apple itself does not eat their own dogfood</h2>
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ would loose sales if it offered only one payment method.
<img src="{{ url_static('images/applecheckout.png') }}" alt="Screenshot of Apple Store checkout">
</div>
<p>
-Here, the gate keeper Apple offers Apple Pay and other payment methods
+Here, the gatekeeper Apple offers Apple Pay and other payment methods
simultaneously, and lets customers choose how they want to pay for each order.
App manufacturers in the AppStore may only offer either-or, but not both. In
this situation, alternative payment providers have zero chance to be chosen