Apple wants you to pay 50 cents pr download over 1 million pr year, to allow downloads of your applications from other app stores and directly from your site.
This is part of their "compliance" with the Digital Markets Act.
Friendly reminder, it's been over a month since Apple and Google published an "unwanted tracker" specification. Apple has still not offered any timeline on when the iPhone will be updated. Apple is holding Google's competing "find my device" network hostage, while they profit from being the only option at scale.
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Soon it will be possible to run browsers on iOS that are not using Webkit. That is a big deal.
Apple is trying to frame it as dangerous.
Sadly it will only possible to run those browsers in the EU and browser makers need then to provide different browsers in the EU and outside. This requires more resources, which makes it harder for smaller developers.
Apple also wants developers to pay for the right to provide downloads from other app stores, which now become possible in the EU, and directly.
IMHO every user on an iPhone, as well as on any other device, should be allowed to run the browser of their choice!
Another thing of interest in the Apple announcement is the ability to use our own browser core. We need to understand all the details there and clearly there is a concern that we would have to have two binaries, one for the EU and one for the rest of the world, but at least EU users will get a better browser! I hope the rest of the world will too!
If you want to be able to have your application downloaded through other means than the app store, you have to pay apple 50c pr install over 1 million yearly.
I would think this is in violation of the DMA, but kind of sounds like Apple does not care.
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