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The core issue here is Apple favours their own product over competitors as they control their store. In this case, the product happens to be Music [0]. > The
by tchalla 5y ago
The core issue here is Apple favours their own product over competitors as they control their store. In this case, the product happens to be Music [0].
> The Commission is concerned that users of Apple devices pay significantly higher prices for their music subscription services or they are prevented from buying certain subscriptions directly in their apps.
This doesn't seem to be a general issue about the 30/15% charge. It's specific to products (in this case Apple Music) on the App Store where Apple has a competitor. This was bound to happen the moment Apple started launched their "services" strategy.
[0] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_2061 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_...
- dmitriid 5y agoI wish they'd do something about Apple Arcade. The way it's aggressively promoted (slightly less aggressive now than at the beginning) would get any other developer permanently banned from the platform.
- hu3 5y agoI thought you were exaggerating but nope: https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1327979418954977283 https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1327979418954977283 Apple shows ads for Arcade, TV and AppleCare inside iPhone settings. EU regulators are going to have a field day with this with regards to anti-competitive practices.
- dmitriid 5y agoOh god. Somehow I forgot about Apple TV+ :) I probably got fewer ads for it than for Arcade :)
- biztos 5y agoWould that not equally apply to video game console makers who also make video games? Which is all of them, right?