
Chris Free
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Chris Free
@chrisfree
Former CEO and agency owner. Engineering leader. Lover of SwiftUI. Developer of @NextGP_app. Helping apps make more💰@RevenueCat.






1. You need to use the default browser for an app to web checkout. That’s what Apple says and how Stripe describes the allowed flow on their own docs. This will get your app and/or account banned 2. Retention is higher because people don’t know how to cancel and when the user realizes that, they charge back (which Stripe charges $20 per chargeback for)


It would be a nice excuse for visiting California for the first time 🤞

My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces): I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept): Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow

If you are mobile app developer, solopreneur, marketer, one of small team or big team living in Japan building subscription app and willing to grow your business, I recommend you to attend @RevenueCat App Growth Annual Tokyo 2026 on Apr 16 where you meet world class growth professionals including ElevenLabs, Speak, Notion, Opal, Leadtech, Delightroom, SmartNews, Mirrativ, NOT A HOTEL, YAMAP and more. A one-day conference where you can learn reproducible growth processes, idea generation, and execution methods with simultaneous interpreting. Apply today with invitation code: YOSHI raga.tokyo



















