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EU Reportedly Planning to Charge Apple for Violating Digital Markets Act
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Regulation is good. otherwise we would still search that ****** Lightning Cable for the iPhone.
It’s not entirely accurate data as this is based on an average tax rate of 21% from most EU states.
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So you are basically saying a company should have more rights than people? Wth
Have you have ever seen Nvidia's licensing on VDI? First you can only use a set amount of GPU's they make.
You have to provide 1GB of ram to each VM minimum. You purchase the cards of course AND pay another license for how many VM's you're going to run.
Double dipping.
Time to sell more in Africa and South America then. Make up the difference.
Yep - as mentioned before Apple defines Europe as the EU, but also a bunch of non-EU countries like the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, and Ukraine. More importantly, Apple’s “Europe” includes the entire Middle East. So 25% is not just the EU. Unfortunately. we don't know how much.
However, we do know that the EU accounts for 7% of App Store revenue. Which to me seems like a pretty good estimate of total revenue (why would EU users spend less on the App Store than other customers around the world?). But it's not exact and maybe there is something I'm not thinking of.
I don't think Apple will pull out. But, if the EU starts fining them 20% of global revenue, I could see a scenario where Apple plays a game of chicken and says "we're pulling out because your government wants us to turn iOS into Android and although we've made a good faith effort to comply what they're asking goes against our DNA" and then hope that users in Europe complain enough that the regulations are changed.
Again - don't think it'll happen, the PR hit would be too great; but if the EU revenue is even twice the 7% of App Store revenue and they're getting fined 20% of their global revenue - I could see math being done in Cupertino.
Yeah, have fun selling overpriced Tech in those poor Countries
They could sell it for less there if they wished. Just get a better deal on raw materials to compensate for the lower cost phones.Yeah, have fun selling overpriced Tech in those poor Countries
EU Reportedly Planning to Charge Apple for Violating Digital Markets Act
Yes, it was codified very clearly in the text of the DMA. Apple just chose to pull a Hail Mary.
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Why isn’t Apple just increasing the developer fee? I have been wondering why it is still at 99 bucks after all these years anyway while a Big Mac or even an iPhone has doubled in price at this point
So Apple has to give their Engineer's time to other developers for free? It's like these regulators thinks that there is no cost to building these APIs.
EU Reportedly Planning to Charge Apple for Violating Digital Markets Act
Yes, it was codified very clearly in the text of the DMA. Apple just chose to pull a Hail Mary.
Apple is far from perfect, but their products are unique and work well in my opinion. I understand the EU regulation but the fact is that there are reasons why it has possibly been centuries since anything innovative other than art, food, or war came out of Europe.
Adding cars, I love German cars. I love Europe actually. But the regulations are heavy handed. It’s like they want Europe to mainly be a museum.
Adding cars, I love German cars. I love Europe actually. But the regulations are heavy handed. It’s like they want Europe to mainly be a museum.
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They actually stopped charging a fee for developer registration last year or the year before. It was really an insignificant amount of money anyway.
Can't wait until these same regulators pass a law demanding that Apple build a backdoor into their encryption that only the good guys can use.
You mean like the ones the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations tried to force on Apple the past 20 years???? LOL
I’m American but honestly I’m dumbfounded by the attitudes so many of my compatriots take on stuff like this.
As if the US is insulated from any regulatory stuff.
In what way are they not synchronous? The law said Apple had to allow 3rd party marketplaces, and in response Apple allowed 3rd party marketplaces with a myriad of terms, conditions, rubber stamps and fees that defeat the entire purpose of a free market.
How in the hell did we get here? Countries deciding how businesses can operate...Sad state.
Well said. Their core technology charge is an absolute disgrace
As far as I can see they still charge? the free developer access is comparitively quite limited to proper enrolment.
No. They just cannot hinder other developers from using their platform. That's the point. You don't see Microsoft or Google pull this kind of nonsense. And even disregarding that; let's not pretend that even that isn't an investment for Apple's own benefit too.
