Also there is a fee waiver for certain devs, like NPOs and educational orgs. Overall there is a TON of great stuff coming to EU and absolutely no negatives.
Zero negatives, NOTHING is getting worse, and a lot is getting much much better.
Read it again:
The new business terms for iOS apps in the EU have three elements: Reduced commission — iOS apps on the App Store will pay a reduced commission of either 10 percent (for the vast majority of developers, and subscriptions following their first year) or 17 percent on transactions for digital goods and services.
Qouted verbatm from here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/
There is NO 30% fee anymore, it is going to be 10% for most, 17% for some
You are saying this as if 1M users is something that just happens overnight. This is a huge number, and there are very few non-profit generating apps which have that kind of reach.
That's exactly what USA are trying to do, minding their own business.
It's a law directly impacting all businesses operating in Quebec.
Full access to NFC, bring your own browser engine, zero fees on third party stores, the changes are genuinely positive. What makes you say they feel like “retaliation”?
Yeah the Apple doc is all about iOS, not mentioning iPhone or iPad, which made it non-obvious. Especially since both products used to run iOS in the past.
Not a single Apple user has complained about this in my circles. Many non-EU are envious though.
There is no 30% fee anymore. All the hate so far I find entirely unjustified, the changes are all really positive.
You can argue it can be better, but saying it’s “retaliation” is a bit extreme.
@kfet
@lemmy.ca