Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
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Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
Luis Villa added
There’s a hard coming problem about what it means for dominant platforms to allow fair and reasonable competition. In AI, it’s going to center around access to data. Here, there’s an interesting passage on when/how Apple will allow competing app stores.
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Jilber Najem added
sari and added
In the European Union, iPhone and iPad users can now use apps that bypass the App Store. Unfortunately, the options are limited and require a third-party app store, which seems to miss the point. In building these systems mandated by EU regulations, Apple has used its work on macOS as the foundation. Non-App Store apps come from recognized develope... See more
Claudia added
-Requiring all payments for digital content to use Apple’s in-app purchase system (IAP)
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sari added
I think the EC expects these companies to capitulate. To bend their entire global strategy to the whims of EC bureaucrats, and just accept being handcuffed. But what’s clearly happening is that the these gatekeepers are reading the writing on the wall, and are going to postpone all new features and products in the EU until after they have assurance
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Jimmy Cerone added
Gruber and Evans are informing my thoughts on EU anti-trust policy so far. They seem to make sense, but I worry, “What am I missing?”
And if you make a successful alternative App Store, and get, say, 100m people in the EU to install it, you'll owe Apple €50m/year as a "Core Technology Fee".
NO GATEKEEPING HERE, EU! None at all! Full compliance, totally. Pinky promise!!
Peter Hagen added
The odds are that Apple isn’t going to change anything; the App Store is extremely profitable, and Apple is probably going to win its court case. Why give up a single dime? At the same time, the constant wave of controversies have to be wearing on the company, from a morale perspective if nothing else. Apple can be legitimately accused of profiteer... See more
Ben Thompson • Rethinking the App Store
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