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Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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I disagree about it being legitimate for games with hard currency. Games do it purely for psychological reasons. They could easily let you earn and spend hard currency in game and spend real money directly. But it's more profitable to have you buy points.