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Apple Announces Ability to Download iPhone Apps From Websites in EU
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So let me get this straight…
Apple’s App Store was a monopoly but Game Companies who create game stores that solely have their own apps in them is not an exercise of monopoly power? WTF?!!!! What was the point in going after the App Store if this is where it would lead?
Apple’s App Store was a monopoly but Game Companies who create game stores that solely have their own apps in them is not an exercise of monopoly power? WTF?!!!! What was the point in going after the App Store if this is where it would lead?
thankfully Apple made this whole ordeal super confusing and difficult to do 😀
the fear this opinion exudes makes it hard to breathe in here. Just stay in the little AppStore and you will be safe. If your favorite app is not in the appstore, just do without. There is no app you really need.
Still has more steps to go as this still require getting approval of apps by Apple. Let it go to full sideloading and end the malicious compliance of core charge.
It will get easier as time goes on. Apple started with the most strict reading of the law, and will loosen it as time goes on as we are already seeing.
You say this like it’s a badge of honour. It’s not.
How can it be like the Mac when the EU fined Apple $2 billion because they believed EU iPhone users wouldn't know that app developers have web sites?
you mean like how Fortnite wasn't on the App Store anymore, people couldn't stand it? 🤣 your argument would have worked if it wasn't used against you in 2020.
luckily these changes don't apply to me.
exactly how I would have done it as people's first impression will be a lasting one even if it becomes easier which results in people giving up on it.
Good! Apple is slowly realizing that the EU is serious about this, and they are reversing their own plans more and more. Hopefully this ridiculous 50ct fee will be the next thing to go. It still doesn't seem compliant to me though that it is up to Apple to decide who is allowed to offer an app on their website and who is not.
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I don't think you can assume the Epic situation is going to be the norm unless, again, you believe the App Store is widely viewed as pretty worthless overall. If that's how you truly feel then iOS developers and users deserve other options even more instead of being forced to only be able to use the undesirable App Store.
When they got kicked off, they lost millions in revenue.
Few things like this are ever "100 percent" but allowing sideloading and alternative app stores opens the door for more app access competition in a major segment (iOS) of the mobile OS market.
In what way do you feel the DMA gives Google more power in search?
What do you think those other options are going to provide? Prices aren't going to go down because mobile is already the cheapest platform for apps.
Running your app in Simulator or on a device | Apple Developer Documentation
Launch your app in a simulated iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, or watchOS device, or on a device connected to a Mac.
developer.apple.com
So yes, it is already possible.
I’m in EU and I don’t need any other app to be installed on my phone except the ones on AppStore. I have more than everything… but no, EU knows better what I need xD I would ban EU if I were Apple. I can always order the phone straight from…. Switzerland or Canada 
Looks like they knew they were gonna get forced to or fined. But still too many conditions
Not even Epic would fall into that which is probably why they worded it like that
The EU doesn't care how many apps are deployed outside of the app store. Even if zero are sideloaded it isn't the point. The point is the consumer, and the app developer, should have that choice. It shouldn't be forced on them by Daddy Apple.
You really don't understand the difference? One owns the platform the other doesn't
Lower selling costs brought on by more app access competition could lower prices for some users and/or create other benefits to customers (developers and users). When Spotify premium subscriptions were offered through the App Store, they were available at a lower price through Spotify's website. Therefore, if new app access competition (sideloading, alternative app stores) pushed Apple to lower commissions it could in fact mean a lower price for users choosing to subscribe through the App Store.
It's never been forced on anyone. Developers could look at the terms for iOS and decide not to release an iOS version.