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If Apple eventually wins their appeal think among how hard it will be to put the genie back in the bottle.
by havaloc 1y ago
If Apple eventually wins their appeal think among how hard it will be to put the genie back in the bottle.
- goosedragons 1y agoGonna be a looot of apps refusing to update.
- snkzxbs 1y agoI suppose they can just take them down.
- xp84 1y agoThey can, and then they’ll have to face their customers directly with it being exactly clear (even to “normies” who don’t follow obscure tech news like this) exactly whose greedy fingers are taking things away from them. Up till now, situations like Kindle were just weird quirks to most people and most people wouldn’t have been able to tell you why you can’t do this very normal-seeming thing on iOS. If/when Apple takes it away, it’ll be obvious to everyone what’s going on.
- threeseed 1y agoThere are plenty of no longer supported apps on people's phones. No one is blaming Apple for it.
- goosedragons 1y agoI think it'd be a bit different if Kindle, Spotify, Netflix and co. all suddenly stopped working/got worse.
- FireBeyond 1y agoAnd if Apple yoinks them out, then why should the developer respect the "no disparagement" or "no telling your customers about payment/alternatives"? Which to me was always the ultimate expression of Apple absolutely knowing they are being greedy. Not just "You can't tell your customers you can pay less elsewhere", but "You can't even tell your customers about our involvement in your pricing decisions".
- mvid 1y agoApple will happily have you audit and pay them 30% on those external sales
- granzymes 1y agoIf this significantly cannibalizes Apple’s App Store revenue I would actually expect that they come up with a different way to monetize (maybe based on installs or number of users). They could also implement that independent of the injunction, which applies to steering rules.
- tmpz22 1y agoIf Apple penalized apps for having many users that would be cataclysmic to their platform, though I image they'd work out sweetheart deals with Facebook etc.
- sixothree 1y agoOne way or the other this is a seismic event for Apple. They did this to themselves though.
- tantalor 1y agoIt could be like a platform subscription fee, but the app developer pays instead of the user. The justification would be something like, "a more equitable and transparent system that aligns costs with platform usage and developer access to the user base, while also potentially fostering a more diverse and competitive app ecosystem" (generated)
- HenryBemis 1y agoI left Apple years ago, right on the battery-gate scandal. Since I'm in Android since, I imagine that if Google Play Store would introduce a fee to "a more equitable..." I would do all my 'shopping' to Aurora, APKPure, and others.
- geoffpado 1y ago> They could also implement that independent of the injunction, which applies to steering rules. They actually can't, not with the latest ruling that unlocked this Kindle change. Apple annoyed the judge enough with their shenanigans that she shut this down, too. The ruling reads (emphasis mine): "Effective immediately Apple will no longer impede developers’ ability to communicate with users *nor will they levy or impose a new commission on off-app purchases*."