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There's a range of anti-competitive behavior which can subvert that ideal, and as such there's regulation aimed to prevent it. Apple used to forbid apps from te
by Ukv 1y ago
There's a range of anti-competitive behavior which can subvert that ideal, and as such there's regulation aimed to prevent it. Apple used to forbid apps from telling users about Apple's 30% cut or cheaper places to buy the app, for instance, hindering users from making an informed choice.
Many of the policies in question are intentionally not publicized to end-users, often requiring first paying to be part of the developer program before you can even see what you need to agree to to publish an app.
- dmitrygr 1y ago> intentionally not publicized to end-users Apple allows no-questions-asked full-refund returns for two weeks. > requiring first paying to be part of the developer program They are all available right here, online, without any purchase requirement: https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/ https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/
- Ukv 1y ago> Apple allows no-questions-asked full-refund returns for two weeks. That's the bare legal minimum in the EU. Many anti-competitive practices are not things consumers find out about within some short fixed period of time, if at all, and others are not solved by a refund even when the customer is aware of the issue. > They are all available right here, online, without any purchase requirement: https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/ https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/ True that it does now all (including schedules 2/3 and the guidelines) appear to be publicly available. Looks as if this was done on June 7th 2021, shortly after the EU Commission had sent the Statement of Objections on April 30th 2021.
- saagarjha 1y ago> Apple allows no-questions-asked full-refund returns for two weeks. This doesn't respond to what you quoted.