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My Netflix subscription is upwards of $200/year and that's one of the cheaper ones. MotoGP Videopass is something north of $300, Microsoft Gamepass is somewhere in the triple figures.

I don't own an iPhone so none of mine go through Apple but my point is there are any number of legitimate subscriptions well above your arbitrary figure.




Valid point. I think higher price subscriptions could be manually reviewed by Apple to prevent abuse.


Yes. Not a hard to solve problem. Thing is apple profits more from higher subscription and even abuse so their incentive to fix is not there or they drag their feet to gobble up as much as possible. Apple used to be safe, now it’s rampant with scams and fake apps. I removed my credit card from my apple account so I no longer have any surprises.


All subscriptions are reviewed by Apple.


Then somerhing’s broken in their review process. Nefarious pp clones continue to scam people with subscriptions and crazy fees


Seriously, from a company that famously wouldn't allow flashlight apps because they provided the "official" one, this is just silly.


This seems reasonable. Anyone remember the $999 “I am rich” “app” that was just a button that did nothing?


It was a large ruby stone or something I seem to remember.




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