Apple Pay It is a very important service within the apple brand, however, it has its cons, something that we will see today, and that many do not know, which means that, in certain payments, you are “gifting” money to Apple to pay certain service fees.
This is something that we do not physically notice, because when we go to an establishment, and we take out our iPhone to pay, they charge us for what we have consumed or purchased, and there is no extra surcharge, since it is the establishment that assumes it with the dataphone. However, if we do it online, things change.
Apple charges us for online payments
Upon hearing this, many people may not realize what we are talking about, and that is that, as we said, if we buy something physically, and use its Wallet app, there will be no problem. However, the error comes when purchasing a product or service online, through an iPhonefor example, where, unintentionally, we will be paying a surcharge that will go to Apple.
This occurs, for example, in the subscription of a premium service, such as ChatGPT, a sub on Twitch, or even paying for coins in a game, where we will do it thanks to Apple Pay in a simple way, being able to manage everything, later, from iCloud, where we will see how much time it takes to renew, or if we want to cancel it.
When we execute the payment, we see a figure, and we think it is the usual one, however, if we have a friend or family member nearby, with an Android, or even on a PC, we will see that something different comes out for them (which may also depend on the system they use), and we start to get upset, since with iPhone, it is more expensive.
This happens, as we said, due to the Apple Pay commission, which means that we end up paying more than if we did it directly with the company. That is why, if you want to have ChatGPT premium, or coins in a game, go to the browser on your computer, or even from the iPhone, and not from the app. There you can put your card, without using Apple Pay, and you will see how you will save a few euros.
A Twitch subscription currently costs 4.99 euros, however, if we do it on an iPhone, the cost rises to 6.49 euros, that is, a fairly high percentage for something cheap. The same happens with ChatGPT where you will go from 20 euros to 22 euros.
In summary, Apple Pay is great, but it has feesand we will end up paying it directly or indirectly, because in apps where there is no other option, the owner of the service will have to pass the commission on to us, and possibly he will put 5 euros for something, but in the end we pay 6 or 7, and it will not be by his will, but thanks to Apple.
And you, had you noticed this? Do you usually make your payments directly with your iPhone? The truth is that, for convenience, it is something interesting, but in some cases, the price is higher than it should be, and the commission is important to consider doing this externally.
