Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union | Hacker News

Adobe claimed to have an open ecosystem and blame Apple's closed ecosystem on the lack of Flash access.

For media companies, the App Store is a tollbooth to reach their existing audience. The 30% tax is not sustainable and it was bound to break. New @ScreenshotEssay: Epic, Media Companies, and the App Store as a Dumb Pipe

Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers just ruled that, effective immediately, Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps and blocks the company from restricting how developers can point users to where they can make purchases outside of apps.

The biggest obstacle for web3 mobile will be Google and Apple continuing to rent-seek any in-app transactions that happen on mobile-native platforms.