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0 pointsSpivak2y ago0 comments

> Notarization for iOS apps — a baseline review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, focused on platform integrity and protecting users. Notarization involves a combination of automated checks and human review.

> Authorization for marketplace developers...

> Core Technology Fee — iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold.

Amazing. All this regulation and hand-wringing to just to make it exactly the same developer experience as before but now you can click the download button in another app. Plus now every app not just ones that use IAP for digital goods is gonna get a $500k annual fee once they hit 2M users. The EU really showed em who's boss.

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crazygringo2y ago

I've got to say, this whole thing is... clever. I'm not defending Apple here, but I am saying that the way they seemed to figure out policies to comply with the letter of the law while making it seem pointless for a developer to switch to a third-party app store... well, it definitely does make Apple look smarter than the EU, that's for sure.

user_78322y ago

If it really is as it sounds, I give the EU one month max before they "fix" this. The EU doesn't like it when large corpos purposely use loopholes to go against the spirit of the law.

crazygringo2y ago

Not even close. These things take at least a year or two to analyze and draft and debate and redraft and so forth. Then even when they're passed, there's a year or more to give companies time to enter compliance. Not to mention that there isn't necessarily the political impetus or appetite to revisit it right now -- they passed the DMA, now other things have higher priority.

The idea of "fixing" this in just one month isn't how anything happens -- it would take multiple years if it happened at all. The EU simply does not move anywhere near that fast -- not legislatively and not in the courts either.

SpivakOP2y ago

Right?! It's a masterclass in being petty. They seem to know exactly what screws government's won't turn and built the "not-app store" on top of them.

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0 pointsSpivak2y ago0 comments

> Authorization for marketplace developers...

> Core Technology Fee — iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold.

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crazygringo2y ago

user_78322y ago

If it really is as it sounds, I give the EU one month max before they "fix" this. The EU doesn't like it when large corpos purposely use loopholes to go against the spirit of the law.

crazygringo2y ago

SpivakOP2y ago

Right?! It's a masterclass in being petty. They seem to know exactly what screws government's won't turn and built the "not-app store" on top of them.

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