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		lelanthran 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025 > They can get away with it because iOS users have a higher propensity to pay than any other platform. It used to be true, but the last time I saw evidence was in 2015 or thereabouts. Is it still true in (almost) 2026, though?

Hendrikto 3 months ago [–]

Linus and Luke talked about this recently during the WAN show. The gap shrunk a little, but is still huge, on the order of 5–6 times the spend per user, when it used to be 8–9 times.

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