The changes Apple announced aren’t a complete departure from its previous policy, which drew the European Commission’s attention in the first place.
  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pubEnglish
    12·
    6 hours ago

    If the US is willing to be such a bully, I don’t see why the EU shouldn’t begin to move away from Apple and Google. Some are already ditching Microsoft. Apple can fuck around and find out. The EU doesn’t owe them anything and there is no high horse there. Get rekt, Tim.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Fucking do it… Jfc

      Seeing EU being all limp dick about US mega corps is pathetic. These people are the enemy, I get why US regime whores shill for them

      Why da FAQ is would EU regime whores not shill against them…

      I guess corruption works

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    40·
    12 hours ago

    Oh, please let this increase the fine 🤣 They’re fucking around and they really have to find out.

  • FelixCress@lemmy.world
    26·
    12 hours ago

    Apple also is going to introduce a new set of rules for all app developers in Europe, which includes a fee called the “core technology commission” of 5% on all digital purchases made outside the App Store.

    Another fine is coming.

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    8 hours ago

    What reason does Apple think they serve any money for apps downloaded outside the app store? And don’t give the BS answer of costs.

    • malwieder@feddit.org
      5·
      6 hours ago

      Their (not my!) reasoning is that the “Core Technology Fee” covers their costs for developing APIs and software like Xcode that developers rely on to build apps for the iPhone (and other Apple platforms).

      Basically “without our stuff, you wouldn’t have a platform”. Except they completely ignore that without their stuff, the iPhone would not be able to exist, so it’s obviously bs.

        • paperBark@slrpnk.netEnglish
          11·
          5 hours ago

          … how does play store have a monopoly exactly?

          You can already use whatever third party app store you want on android. I don’t even have play store installed on my android phone 🤷‍♂️

          • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
            3·
            4 hours ago

            Im on calyx so i know that you can get rid of google stuff, but almost all traditionally sold android phones come with google stuff preinstalled and installing fdroid, or even flashing a custom rom is not something most normal people will ever do.

            Publishing on Play Store is also a massive pain tho so its just that they have a monopoly, but they are also abusing it to make life hard for anyone that wants to do anything with their app that google doesnt like.

            • paperBark@slrpnk.netEnglish
              1·
              1 hour ago

              not something most normal people will ever do

              ≠ not able to.

              Therefore, no monopoly.

              Any idiot with stock android can already sideload apps and/or download an alternative app store to manage their apps like fdroid, et al. No custom rom needed, lets not make this seem more complex than it is. Just cause most people don’t make use of that ability does not mean google has an app store monopoly that needs to be legislated away.

              Ofc playstore will come preinstalled on android phones; they aren’t trying to make Apple remove the app store entirely as the default either? That’s a false equivalency. The problem is there is no alternative option to release and monetize apps available on Apple AT ALL.

              I agree google’s playstore policies are strangling app developers for no reason and it sucks but thats not the same situation as with Apple. Android devs can already release via alternate means if they take issue, many just choose to whine and continue only releasing via play store anyways.

              Nothing says you have to publish your app on playstore if you don’t want to deal with their policies. You already can monetize your app by any means you want outside of playstore infrastructure on android, again nothing to legislate away like with Apple. Whether that is by purchased licenses (optional ones too like grayjay comes to mind) or donations or whatever. Plenty of successful apps are not available on play store at all due to policies (fdroid for example) and if google keeps making it more difficult for devs to publish on the play store in general maybe more devs will get fed up and join that group.

              • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
                1·
                1 hour ago

                ≠ not able to.

                Therefore, no monopoly.

                Thats not how that works. When the largest established player in an industry sector pays off or buys all the competition then thats a monopoly. Thats what Google has been doing for years and thats why they are getting sued.

                Ofc playstore will come preinstalled on android phones

                But they have also pushed other android phone manufacturers not to create their own app stores. Another anticompetitive thing that shows up in lawsuits.

                Anyways its weird that you think you have a better idea of what constitutes a monopoly, when they are, at this moment, in the process of being sued for being exactly that.