Company Apple today updated its rules to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act. Developers can now direct users to the option to purchase apps and their content outside of App Store. Apple rules for App Store updated to meet the objection of the European Commission that the previous rules did not comply Applu. Unfortunately, however Apple He also incorporated the commissions he is owed from developers into the new rules, and this became a sharp target of criticism from people from Epic Games and Spotify. According to the new provisions Applu, EU developers who choose to use the link to direct customers outside App Store, will pay a commission between 10% and 27% depending on the terms and conditions App Store agreed and also on whether it belongs to the program App Store Small Business or not.
Developers who choose to offer their applications and their content outside of App Store according to Applu must pay not only a percentage commission, but also a fee for using the technology Applu. This fee is 50 cents per month per downloaded app. Apic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, echoed by Spotify CEO, agreed that since they do not fall under the so-called Small Business, they would have to Appto pay tens of thousands per month Euro only for using its technology. The CEO of Epic Games called the fee illegal on social network X and said that the fees he wants Apple for developers, they are set up in such a way that it is completely uneconomical to distribute their applications through competing stores, but also through the App Store od Applu. Epic Games plans to bring Epic Games Store pro iPhone and iPad in the European Union, and Sweeney said today that the plan is still on track. The store is set to launch soon, and Epic Games will charge developers 12% of the app price.
Spotify's CEO stated that Apple made the new rules deliberately confusing and that at first glance Apple ignores the requirements of the new DMA Digital Markets Act. According to him, the European Commission has made it clear that it is unacceptable to Apple charged a recurring fee for basic features and the ability to download apps outside App StoreThe Spotify boss also called on the European Commission to speed up its investigation into Applu and introduced daily fines until Apple will not meet all DMA requirements.
In the European Union where the new DMA law opens up app store competition, Apple continues its malicious compliance would impose an illegal new 15% junk fee on users migrating to competing storewith and monitor commerce on these competing stores.https://t.co/YUYwsnrh32 pic.twitter.com/xAWGkOWPrH
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 8, 2024
Has anyone used the sideloading?? I haven't come across anything yet that I would have to get into my phone like this. It doesn't seem like an important feature at all to me.
Almost, but the old way, within jailbreak
It was good at the time, but time iphone 3g/3gs is long gone, since ihone I haven't used it for 5 years.
Well, time to cancel your spotify subscription.
Insignificant companies will kick in. Well, I had Spotify for exactly one month for 29 czk and it convinced me to pay for Apple Music and I have an Epic account, I have some games there that they give away for free, but I haven't added any new ones in about a year and I won't. In fact, I haven't even played any of the ones they give away. So I'll probably cancel my account.
I would like to build such an insignificant company like Epic or Spotify...
But they are right about this. It's probably a bad comparison, but it seems to me like if you wanted to pay with a card and someone wanted 20% from you to print banknotes...
Insignificant people will write pathetic comments. Sorry, it couldn't be any other way :-)