But they didnt and STILL does not and unwilling to leave EU. Wonder why…
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AltStore for iPhone in EU Will Have Apps Backed By Patreon
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Those minority users must have been blessed then, able to make EU changes their mind.
Maybe SOME users do have enough power after all.
I see. I hate needing to carry dedicated cable for Apple stuff, so there it goes. USB-C is not perfect, but then Apple refuses to benefit USB-C with their lightning physical design.
Same old people sitting in the board room today. Except they don’t have to respond to shareholder anymore, and enjoy far less scrutiny than today from no longer being a publicly traded company.
That or it benefits the EU financially. See Spotify.
Oh no it’s so hard to find the app I want to use at the website of the vendor. No one could ever figure it out!
Why, this is for those who have a Patreon account. If I had a Patreon account, I would be delighted to get an App from a store that does not charge the developer 30% again (don't know what the terms of integration between Patreon and Altstore are). I am sure it will not be 30%.
Oh no, maybe people like having everything come from one place instead of having to go to multiple places. Ever consider that? Is it difficult to get apps on the Mac? No. Is it annoying having to go to multiple places to get apps and would it be much more convenient to be able to get them all in one place? Absolutely! The app experience on Mac would be FAR BETTER if the ONLY place I had to go was the App Store. But no, instead, I have to go to multiple vendor websites for multiple apps. None from the same place and my payment information has to be put out into even more places.
The app experience on Mac is absolute crap and something I don’t want to have to deal with on my phone.
That’s exactly what it does. Look no further than the fact that the EU keeps threatening to fine based on “worldwide” revenue…something they should have absolutely ZERO right to. The EU should be limited to issuing fines based on revenue from within their economic area. Anything outside of that makes it look like exactly what it is…a money grab.
Well, sorry. You can’t always get what you want. Apple has been running the App Store since 2008 and they showed everyone they can’t do it without self-dealing and egregious mismanagement constantly reported by app developers
Democracy has spoken. People don’t like the way it is and we want it to change
That’s a huge exaggeration
Now that’s funny 😂😂😂 What people? “We” who? Because outside of MR…I’m sure you’ll find it very difficult to find ANYONE in the average user base who actually wants this.
Constantly reported by developers? Which ones? If it’s constantly reported, you should have no trouble providing examples other than Meta, Epic, and Spotify. Show me the small developers who screamed so loudly for this. I won’t hold my breath.
Democracy didn’t speak here. A power hungry government did. Democracy speaking would be the majority of the user base calling for this and it happening. But that’s not what happened. Democracy isn’t a government forcing their will in an “our way or else” manner with zero consideration of potential risks and consequences. This wasn’t “democracy speaking”. This was clear government overreach. End of story. Have a nice night.
Damn, it’s kinda crazy how all of the people that deal with this kind of thing professionally don’t seem to agree with you. If only they had consulted with you first we could have avoided this whole ugly misunderstanding.
Make apple a private company or petition Apple to pull out of EU entirely. Or do both. After then, EU cannot demand Apple to do whatever EU likes, I am confident.
Just as with real world brick and mortar stores.
As a creator it would make the most sense to have your creations for sale in as many stores as possible to reach as many potential customers as possible.
So let's say in the next 5 years there is the Apple app store and a dozen smaller 3rd party stores.
Well then it would beneficial to ensure your app is available to download from all of these different areas.
There would be no reason to restrict yourself to just one, and miss out on some potential sales.
People will eventually get spooked from using AltStores for the lack of security protections. Imagine one AltStore inadvertrently passes a fake banking app and some dude gets his life savings taken and it hits the headlines. AltStores will be quickly done and everyone will avoid. Apple will just say well we told you so looking directly at the EU. Yeah I see peope who have a half a brain not using AltStores either.
8+5 is 13% on the higher end. What a shemozzel this is.
Benefiting everyone but the user.
I got windscribe vpn lifetime for 39 bucks years ago. You just need to look little bit more.
Thanks for bringing this up. There is an upcoming election to the EU parliament. I have searched for how the current MPs voted for the DMA but I haven't been able to find it. I would appreciate if anyone could share a link as it would influence how I will vote in the election. Thanks.
It should be this vote:
Check the link for vote info for individual MEPs, political groups or countries.
Then don’t install 3rd party app stores.
Apple is mandated to allow other app stores, but users aren’t mandated to use them.
(Digital) Costumers being able to choose from a wide variety of (digital) goods from a wide variety of (digital) stores. Thats what a free market is about.
No, the preamble describes the purpose and meaning of the legislation and guidelines for its interpretation
The Commission has opened proceedings to assess whether the measures implemented by Alphabet and Apple in relation to their obligations pertaining to app stores are in breach of the DMA. Article 5(4) of the DMA requires gatekeepers to allow app developers to "steer" consumers to offers outside the gatekeepers' app stores, free of charge.