Apple/google pay

[fliegender frosch]

Why the f*** doesn’t steam take apple/google pay as a payment method?! I just bought a Apple gift card, assuming on my Apple device that the steam mobile would accept it, but no, f*** you and your money! I just wanted gmod for God’s sake

[FFL2and3rocks]

For the same reason you can't use a Subway gift card at McDonalds.

[76561198407601200]

Origineel geplaatst door ᴇᴘʟɪxᴛ:

Why the f*** doesn’t steam take apple/google pay as a payment method?! I just bought a Apple gift card, assuming on my Apple device that the steam mobile would accept it, but no, f*** you and your money! I just wanted gmod for God’s sake

Is there a reason that you failed to look into what payment methods are accepted on steam?

[Knightwolf]

hmm you can just buy steam cards that can sometimes be next to the other cards like the apple card at bestbuy or electronics at Walmart if you live in the U.S.

[Washell]

Stop making assumptions and you won't be pissing yourself off.

[Peabrain]

Why by an Apple card when you want something on Steam? Like saying Google wont accept Apple cards or Apple won't accept xxxxx or xxxxxx or x orxxxxx etc etc etc. Dont come here raging because you didnt think to check things before you made a wrong purchase when simple logic would dictate you buy a Steam card when you want to buy something on Steam.

[Theblaze]

It's not even a "suggestion / idea".

[fliegender frosch]

I’m sorry ♥♥♥♥♥♥, i thought steam would be advanced in society

[Theblaze]

Blame yourself for not doing proper research on what Payments Steam accepts.

[Tito Shivan]

Origineel geplaatst door FFL2and3rocks:

For the same reason you can't use a Subway gift card at McDonalds.

Or a iTunes card on Google Play. Or a Google play card on iTunes, Or an Amazon gift card in iTunes or a Steam card on Amazon...

They're service bound gift cards meant to work on their own service, nothing else, nothing more. None of those work as prepaid credit cards you can use anywhere.

Origineel geplaatst door ᴇᴘʟɪxᴛ:

I’m sorry ♥♥♥♥♥♥, i thought steam would be advanced in society

Easy there with the language, buddy.

[aiusepsi]

Apple Pay isn't the same thing as a Apple gift card.

Apple Pay is just another way to use an existing credit or debit card, and it doesn't cost the merchant (i.e. Steam) anything extra to accept*.

On the other hand, an Apple/iTunes gift card is Apple store credit which can only be used to buy things like App Store apps, in-app purchases, Apple Music subscriptions and the like.

When you buy something with an in-app purchase, Apple takes a 30% cut of that transaction. This makes it uneconomic for Steam to ever let you buy stuff with Apple in-app purchases; if they let you buy things via Apple in-app purchases one-to-one (that is, buy a Steam game costing $10 for $10 of Apple credit) then Apple's cut would eat Steam's entire margin (which is also believed to be 30%). It'd be madness for them to do this, which is why they don't.


* Which is why it would be nice if they supported Apple Pay as a way of making transactions on their website. Sure, it'd only be useful for people who have Macs or iOS devices, but it'd be nice for those of us who do.

[76561198407601200]

Origineel geplaatst door ᴇᴘʟɪxᴛ:

I’m sorry ♥♥♥♥♥♥, i thought steam would be advanced in society

Is there a reason why apple or google don't accept bitcoins as payment? After all, it's more advanced than either of their own payment methods, right?

[JPMcMillen]

Origineel geplaatst door aiusepsi:

When you buy something with an in-app purchase, Apple takes a 30% cut of that transaction. This makes it uneconomic for Steam to ever let you buy stuff with Apple in-app purchases; if they let you buy things via Apple in-app purchases one-to-one (that is, buy a Steam game costing $10 for $10 of Apple credit) then Apple's cut would eat Steam's entire margin (which is also believed to be 30%). It'd be madness for them to do this, which is why they don't.

They could, but you would only get 70% of the amount so that everyone gets their fair share. So a $10 Apple credit would give you $7 to spend on Steam (which will get 30% of that, or $2.10 of your $7 credit when you use it).

[ReconRaccoon偵察浣熊]

You can always find a website that accepts Apple Pay and have a offer that lets you exchange he money into steam gift cards

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Origineel geplaatst door beetle921122:

You can always find a website that accepts Apple Pay and have a offer that lets you exchange he money into steam gift cards

Those are terrible and charge fees. Better of just getting Steam Wallet cards.

[Used 2009 Honda Civic LX]

Origineel geplaatst door ᴇᴘʟɪxᴛ:

Why the f*** doesn’t steam take apple/google pay as a payment method?! I just bought a Apple gift card, assuming on my Apple device that the steam mobile would accept it, but no, f*** you and your money! I just wanted gmod for God’s sake

please tell me this is a troll

otherwise, i'm going to assume you're extremely young and shouldn't be on the website, this is like asking why my walmart giftcard won't work at target, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dude