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Something not mentioned so far is whether creators of side loaded apps need to have the $99 dev membership, and therefore have to sign the Apple legal agreement
by justinclift 3y ago
Something not mentioned so far is whether creators of side loaded apps need to have the $99 dev membership, and therefore have to sign the Apple legal agreements.
If devs are still forced to sign the legal agreements, then Apple can use those agreements to demand ~30% of app cost regardless of the whose app store its in.
- mrtksn 3y agoNot sure about it but I suspect, if devs are to use any Apple tech(Xcode, frameworks, assets etc) they can be required to pay the %30.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoThe DMA can't obliterate ratified intellectual property treaties between all the various nations. So yes, Apple is going to collect their commissions. Maybe we'll get lucky and there will be additional legislation and/or litigation that attempts to determine what is a fair percentage. But don't count on something like that being finalized for 5-10 years. At least.
- justinclift 3y agoIf that's the case, then alternative app stores will likely be a no-go for anything other than free apps. That's from the point of view of why bother having your app in an alternative store (that will likely charge money) when you're already forced to pay Apple ~30%? Then again, there are probably categories of app (adult/xxx?) that Apple don't want on their app store, but would be happy to receive money for anyway.