Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union | Hacker News
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Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union | Hacker News
sari and added
Yes, Apple created the iPhone and the App Store and, under current U.S. antitrust doctrine, almost certainly has the right to impose whatever taxes it wishes on third parties, including 30% on purchases and the first year of subscriptions, and completely cutting off developers from their customers. Antitrust law, though, while governed by Supreme C
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Jimmy Cerone added
our laws are so unwieldily that we cannot properly target companies for their anti-trust problems.
- In the EU, Apple is making a number of changes to iOS to comply with the DMA. For developers, those changes include new options for distributing apps. The coming changes to iOS in the EU include:
- New options for distributing iOS apps from alternative app marketplaces — including new APIs and tools that enable developers to offer their iOS apps for
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Peter Hagen added
Apple is allowing alternative app stores, but still in control.