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Well. It's still $0 USD if you distribute via the App Store.

errnoh 3y ago
No, that's wrong. Multiple news sites are getting that wrong but Apple announcement is very clear that the fee applies to even App Store: > Core Technology Fee — iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold. source: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...
- rattray 3y ago
  It's opt-in: > Developers can choose to adopt these new business terms, or stay on Apple’s existing terms. Developers must adopt the new business terms for EU apps to use the new capabilities for alternative distribution or alternative payment processing. So you either choose US/Global Business Model (what we know today), or EU Business Model (what was announced today, with flexibility but high fees). You can distribute on the App Store either way.
lxgr 3y ago
It's not, at least not if developers opt into the new terms, which is a trapdoor decision. It's also unclear how long the old terms will remain available, and whether new companies can still sign up for them.
yreg 3y ago
It's $99 USD per year.
matwood 3y ago
Not sure why you're downvoted. Developers are given a choice on the new system or the current. Anyone distributing a free app will stick with the current.
- boolemancer 3y ago
  There exist free apps that Apple doesn't approve of in it's store. And there are also free apps that might want to be distributed through Apple's store alongside an alternative store, which would require them to accept the new terms, as far as I can tell.
layer8 3y ago
…which you can’t if your app is excluded by Apple’s current restrictions (emulators etc.).
- 762236 3y ago
  Is that going to change? It looks like Apple is charging 0.50EUR per first-annual install of every alternative app store (no free installs for the first million). So it's going to cost money to run an alternative app store.
- derefr 3y ago
  I don't think there's any category excluded by current App Store restrictions, that would actually be likely to end up having more than 1MM EU installs per year (and therefore paying Apple a dime under this new model), is there? ...well, except porn and sex-work apps, I guess. Will nobody think of the poor, penniless OnlyFans CEO? /s
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  - FateOfNations 3y ago
    and the one potential category of those apps, various flavors of open source software, can be distributed by a non-profit organization and be exempt from the fees.
    - layer8 3y ago
      As the official “developer”, the nonprofit would also be liable for those apps. I’m not sure that will be practical.
      - FateOfNations 3y ago
        Yeah, it wouldn't be something that could be entered into without some consideration, but there are already a many, many software projects that are successfully distributed by non-profit organizations, so it certainly is feasible.
dns_snek 3y ago
Duh, that's exactly what this legislation was designed to change! To have an option of not distributing via Apple's app store. A real option, mind you, not one that's tilted so far in Apple's favor that any competition looks hopeless from day 1.
RayVR 3y ago
No it is not. Look at the fee calculator.

No, that's wrong. Multiple news sites are getting that wrong but Apple announcement is very clear that the fee applies to even App Store: > Core Technology Fee — iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold. source: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...

rattray 3y ago
It's opt-in: > Developers can choose to adopt these new business terms, or stay on Apple’s existing terms. Developers must adopt the new business terms for EU apps to use the new capabilities for alternative distribution or alternative payment processing. So you either choose US/Global Business Model (what we know today), or EU Business Model (what was announced today, with flexibility but high fees). You can distribute on the App Store either way.

lxgr 3y ago

It's not, at least not if developers opt into the new terms, which is a trapdoor decision. It's also unclear how long the old terms will remain available, and whether new companies can still sign up for them.

yreg 3y ago

It's $99 USD per year.

matwood 3y ago

Not sure why you're downvoted. Developers are given a choice on the new system or the current. Anyone distributing a free app will stick with the current.

boolemancer 3y ago
There exist free apps that Apple doesn't approve of in it's store. And there are also free apps that might want to be distributed through Apple's store alongside an alternative store, which would require them to accept the new terms, as far as I can tell.

layer8 3y ago

…which you can’t if your app is excluded by Apple’s current restrictions (emulators etc.).

762236 3y ago
Is that going to change? It looks like Apple is charging 0.50EUR per first-annual install of every alternative app store (no free installs for the first million). So it's going to cost money to run an alternative app store.
derefr 3y ago
I don't think there's any category excluded by current App Store restrictions, that would actually be likely to end up having more than 1MM EU installs per year (and therefore paying Apple a dime under this new model), is there? ...well, except porn and sex-work apps, I guess. Will nobody think of the poor, penniless OnlyFans CEO? /s
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- FateOfNations 3y ago
  and the one potential category of those apps, various flavors of open source software, can be distributed by a non-profit organization and be exempt from the fees.
  - layer8 3y ago
    As the official “developer”, the nonprofit would also be liable for those apps. I’m not sure that will be practical.
    - FateOfNations 3y ago
      Yeah, it wouldn't be something that could be entered into without some consideration, but there are already a many, many software projects that are successfully distributed by non-profit organizations, so it certainly is feasible.

dns_snek 3y ago

Duh, that's exactly what this legislation was designed to change! To have an option of not distributing via Apple's app store. A real option, mind you, not one that's tilted so far in Apple's favor that any competition looks hopeless from day 1.

RayVR 3y ago

No it is not. Look at the fee calculator.