stroughtonsmith,
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Apple will be announcing how it intends to comply with the E.U. Digital Markets Act later today, what concessions it will be making on pricing and fees, and what demands it will place on third-party payment providers and sideloaded apps.

The E.U. will then review Apple’s proposal in the coming weeks, and detail changes if necessary.

I believe the era of the 30% tax may be coming to an end, after 21 years of the iTunes Store.

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Introducing the era of the 27% tax… because Apple. 🤦‍♂️

Albertkinng,
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@stroughtonsmith That would not be the reality. Apple will make changes that will hurt developers just because of it. The split will be increased and we all going to end with mad devs and less apps.

tapforms,
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@stroughtonsmith are the vast majority of developers paying the 30%? Or is it just the very wealthy ones? I pay only the 15% level. I wish I was making enough to be in the higher bracket.

danielinoa,
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@tapforms @stroughtonsmith The percentage cut is not the issue.
Imagine Apple takes no cut but rejects your apps, now what? The issue is access.

tapforms,
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@danielinoa true. That would suck. Fortunately I've never been in that situation. I have only one app. But it's a big one.

stroughtonsmith,
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US developers are gonna be pretty jealous of the EU's App Store terms 👀

mikeydsg,
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@stroughtonsmith If there already isn't a service for US small businesses to set up an EU subsidiary, I’m sure one will be coming in short order.

its_john_davis,
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@stroughtonsmith Our DoJ is rumored to file a suit soon.

I wanna see those dev tool apps that don’t get accepted by app review show up in the EU.

Apple could spin it as a massive win for everyone if they weren’t so greedy about everything.

maddox,
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@stroughtonsmith “minimum wage means, we would pay you less, but it’s against the law” - Chris Rock

Crab22,
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@stroughtonsmith not sure it’s anything to do the “tax”

johnhealy,
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@stroughtonsmith is there actually official communication coming from Apple today?!
I am fascinated by how this is all going to play out…

elkmovie,
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@stroughtonsmith I wish I shared your optimism, but I have a feeling this is going to be as disappointing as their anti-steering changes.

TheSilentDawn,
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@stroughtonsmith Do you think that’s because the EU will force them? The Dutch dating app situation does not make me optimistic.

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