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scarface74 on Aug 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple is building a demand-side platform

How is Apple making money from a company that makes a free app and sells physical goods?

smoldesu on Aug 5, 2022 | [–]

They're giving them a free platform, on the iPhone I paid for, to promote their products by-default. That's an ad.

oneoff786 on Aug 5, 2022 | [–]

Via Apple Pay, which is the default selection for payment.

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