Apple has been reaching different agreements with telephone operators for more than a year, so that they are in charge of directly charging the customer for all purchases made from both the App Store, the Mac App Store, iTunes, iCloud and even Apple Music. In this way, Apple wants to offer a security plus to all those users who today still not trusting when it comes to sharing their credit card details. In addition, it also allows users of Apple products to know at all times when money is being spent each month and thus be able to control all expenses in a simple way.
Since yesterday Movistar has become the first telephone operator to offer this service in Spain, so if we are clients of this operator, We can change the usual payment method through the Mac App Store by setting Mobile Phone as the usual payment method. Once we have selected that payment method, we must enter our mobile number to verify that it corresponds to a Movistar line and from that moment on, all billing passes through the hands of Movistar.
Being Apple who communicates to Movistar the data on purchases, it is to be assumed that There should be no problem if we are forced to return an application and request a refund. If we select this form of payment, Movistar will not increase the price it charges customers at any time, since it will probably be the Cupertino-based company that will be in charge of paying the company for offering this service. This service is available in a dozen countries around the world, but coincidentally it is not yet available through any operator in the United States, something that is especially striking.
