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sylens on Dec 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet

The Microsoft Store now allows you to use your own payment processing to avoid giving them a cut at all (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/build...). They also allow the installation of other app stores.

Microsoft has been overly keen to open up their own store on Windows to use as a cudgel against Apple in future courtroom cases such as the Epic one.

NovemberWhiskey on Dec 1, 2022 [–]

>The Microsoft Store now allows you to use your own payment processing to avoid giving them a cut at all

Not for games. https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-zero-percent-cut-doesnt-e...

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