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This is because on the App Store paid apps subsidise free apps. Apple may just end up charging the $0.50 technology fee the same way for all developers in the

This is because on the App Store paid apps subsidise free apps. Apple may just end up charging the $0.50 technology fee the same way for all developers in the EU. Which would hurt apps like Deliveroo but at least would be fair to all of the app stores and satisfy the rules. Because the EC, US etc have never that Apple can't charge a fee. And it would be extraordinary to see the impact on a number of businesses e.g. consoles if they did.

kryptiskt 3y ago
Maybe the next step is to react to the malicious compliance and be crystal clear that app stores can't charge any mandatory fees whatsoever, they just have to run it at a loss or deliver services that their customers actually want to pay for, being a platform is rewarding in itself, they don't need that money, it's just their out-of-control greed that craves it. Anyway, the solution is to not back down and make these execs understand that any heel-dragging will be met with even harsher measures that will cost them dearly. Any threats to leave the market is empty, the unlimited greed that make them bullies make them unable to do that.
- threeseed 3y ago
  > deliver services that their customers actually want to pay for Like selling data about which apps people are downloading to Meta. Look forward to that utopia.
  - yxhuvud 3y ago
    Well, that will likely not be a thing due to GDPR.
Hugsun 3y ago
> This is because on the App Store paid apps subsidise free apps. The fee is only for apps hosted outside of Apple's app store. Those apps only cost Apple because of Apple's new self imposed rules. The cost to Apple is also proportional to the number of apps, not the number of users. The pricing of these rules is clearly intended to stifle innovation while maliciously complying with the DMA, as the article explains.

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This is because on the App Store paid apps subsidise free apps. Apple may just end up charging the $0.50 technology fee the same way for all developers in the

by threeseed 3y ago

kryptiskt 3y ago
Maybe the next step is to react to the malicious compliance and be crystal clear that app stores can't charge any mandatory fees whatsoever, they just have to run it at a loss or deliver services that their customers actually want to pay for, being a platform is rewarding in itself, they don't need that money, it's just their out-of-control greed that craves it. Anyway, the solution is to not back down and make these execs understand that any heel-dragging will be met with even harsher measures that will cost them dearly. Any threats to leave the market is empty, the unlimited greed that make them bullies make them unable to do that.
- threeseed 3y ago
  > deliver services that their customers actually want to pay for Like selling data about which apps people are downloading to Meta. Look forward to that utopia.
  - yxhuvud 3y ago
    Well, that will likely not be a thing due to GDPR.
Hugsun 3y ago
> This is because on the App Store paid apps subsidise free apps. The fee is only for apps hosted outside of Apple's app store. Those apps only cost Apple because of Apple's new self imposed rules. The cost to Apple is also proportional to the number of apps, not the number of users. The pricing of these rules is clearly intended to stifle innovation while maliciously complying with the DMA, as the article explains.