I can't believe I'm making ANOTHER apple video after just two days, but the news around Apple's new policy for complying with the Digital Markets Act is...te...
Such a clickbait-y headline I am not going to watch it.
Free apps aren’t changing in anyway.
The tl;dr is that for developers using the app store, nothing changes. Developers wishing to not use the app store have to agree to a new fee structure.
Apple, as expected, intends to make up for lost profits by charging more money.
If you are outside the EU none of this matters to you.
Note that I am not disagreeing with the sentiment , but rather I am disagreeing with the clickbait headline.
Well, it basically prevents something like F-Droid for iOS arising from the EU ruling. Kinda big deal. Not that the fanboys would care though. Apple is infallible.
But the whole regulation was not about installing an app outside of the App Store icon, but outside Apple.
To free the market of apps, such that the manufacturer is not the only one deciding what app you can install.
It’s like BMW would say you can equip tires different than from BMW store, but those other stores still must give them a fee.
„Apples new fee might kill free apps in the EU that get downloaded more then one million times a year and want to be distributed via alternative app stores“ just doesn’t have the same ring to it I guess.
Realistically this will only really hit stuff like Netflix Games when they want to try to make their own store or something similar.
Such a clickbait-y headline I am not going to watch it.
Free apps aren’t changing in anyway.
The tl;dr is that for developers using the app store, nothing changes. Developers wishing to not use the app store have to agree to a new fee structure.
Apple, as expected, intends to make up for lost profits by charging more money.
If you are outside the EU none of this matters to you.
Note that I am not disagreeing with the sentiment , but rather I am disagreeing with the clickbait headline.
Well, it basically prevents something like F-Droid for iOS arising from the EU ruling. Kinda big deal. Not that the fanboys would care though. Apple is infallible.
But the whole regulation was not about installing an app outside of the App Store icon, but outside Apple. To free the market of apps, such that the manufacturer is not the only one deciding what app you can install.
It’s like BMW would say you can equip tires different than from BMW store, but those other stores still must give them a fee.
Kudos. That is such a great analogy.
„Apples new fee might kill free apps in the EU that get downloaded more then one million times a year and want to be distributed via alternative app stores“ just doesn’t have the same ring to it I guess.
Realistically this will only really hit stuff like Netflix Games when they want to try to make their own store or something similar.