commit 88f5e674c3d5e6535f8396af1e8241b9b03e80f2
parent aa01af7b97f8a56dc8900fa454756c57241d3882
Author: Marc Stibane <marc@taler.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 14:54:12 +0200
correct "ApplePay" to "Apple payments"
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/template/news/2025-05.html.j2 b/template/news/2025-05.html.j2
@@ -26,26 +26,27 @@ want to accept their credit cards? Definitely not.
<h2>AppStore Rules</h2>
<p>
But that's exactly what Apple demands from app manufacturers in their mall:
-App manufacturers must decide whether their apps either offer ApplePay only (in
-which case millions of users can pay easily with just two clicks) or whether
+App manufacturers must decide whether their apps either offer Apple payments only
+(in which case millions of users can pay easily with just two clicks) or whether
they use an alternative payment service. They are <b>not</b>
-allowed to offer their users to choose from both ApplePay and alternative
+allowed to offer their users to choose from both Apple payments and alternative
payment services.
</p>
<p>
This means app manufacturers have no real freedom of choice. Since millions of
-customers already have signed up for ApplePay, app manufacturers in the Apple AppStore
-cannot really afford to exclude them as potential customers. App manufactuers should
-be able to freely choose one or multiple payment service providers (ApplePay
-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.
+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.
</p>
<h2>Apple itself does not eat their own dogfood</h2>
<p>
The Apple Store, where Apple sells its own hardware, offers multiple payment
-methods. Customers in the Apple Store can pay not only with ApplePay, but
+methods. Customers in the Apple Store can pay not only with Apple Pay, but
also with debit or credit cards, bank transfers, or PayPal. Apple knows it
would loose sales if it offered only one payment method.
</p>
@@ -53,20 +54,23 @@ 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 ApplePay and other payment methods
+Here, the gate keeper 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
-instead of ApplePay, since few app manufacturers would risk to loose their
-ApplePay customers.
+instead of Apple payments, since few app manufacturers would risk to loose their
+existing customers.
</p>
<h2>Fair competition!</h2>
<p>
Countries should require Apple to let app manufacturers offer all payment methods
-they want (incl. ApplePay) simultaneously, so the end customer can decide
+they want (incl. Apple payments) simultaneously, so the end customer can decide
which payment method to choose for each individual payment. We hope EU's
Digital Market Act will allow the commission to establish such a rule in Europe.
</p>
+(Note: In a former version of this article the term "ApplePay" was used. We changed
+this to "Apple payments". This refers to the payment method that the user has set up
+in their Apple account.)
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