"Apple's plan to thwart Europe's new Digital Markets Act law is a devious new instance of Malicious Compliance.
They are forcing developers to choose between App Store exclusivity and the store terms, which will be illegal under DMA" - Tim Sweeney
https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1750589570880516402?s=20
@gbraad@mastodon.social @lupyuen@qoto.org Tim Sweeney talking about being anti-competitive 🙃
@matias yeah, kinda hypocritic... But he is not wrong about this one
@gbraad@mastodon.social true, and true! :D
@lupyuen and this only applies to iPhones.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/
"Some of these changes are coming to all of Apple’s platforms, while others are coming only to the iPhone and not the iPad.
There is reason for this nuance. Apple explains that the European Union ruled that iOS is a gatekeeper platform as part of the Digital Markets Act. This applies only to iOS on the iPhone. iPadOS on the iPad is a completely different platform in the eyes of Apple and the European Commission."
EU industry chief Thierry Breton : "As from 7 March we will assess companies’ proposals, with the feedback of third parties.”
He added: “If the proposed solutions are not good enough, we will not hesitate to take strong action.”
@lupyuen "The fee is chargeable annually, since it triggers on updates as well as first installs, although reinstallations and updates within 12 months will be exempt."
How disgusting! They want to pull up another wall to avoid people moving out of their app store, as:
"That fee will even apply when users install an app through Apple’s own store, if the developers make the app available to iPhones through an alternative means."
No more #Apple here!