Right now, we haven't heard the EU comment on the CTF, so it's still anyone's guess whether the authorities think this is an issue or not. Though seeing my track record with the DMA so far, I may have just jinxed it and the EU issues a statement tomorrow condemning it. 😛
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iOS 17.5 Lets EU iPhone Users Download Apps From Websites
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The EC are looking into this right now, apparently:
Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act
The Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple's rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari and Meta's “pay or consent model”.
EU Opens Non-Compliance Investigations into Apple, Meta, and Google
Apple's compliance with new EU laws designed to rein in the market power of big tech companies is set to be investigated by regulators, the...
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That's where the EU should have acted - if Apple is charging a fee for downloads from its app store, which are no doubt passed on to consumers, then the consumers should benefit from that fee. The EU should have required Apple to warranty the quality and security of apps in its app store, and provided an easy mechanism whereby iOS users could claim compensation if an app's quality is low (here's looking at you, Scopely) or privacy/security is not as advertised. Instead they chose to change Apple's very successful business model after lobbying by less successful and less competitive European companies. As if these companies weren't transferring the Apple charges directly to consumers, and as if now they'll reduce their app fees rather than, say, just keeping their prices the same and adding to their profits....
Mark my words: None of this will help consumers in the long run.
The answer to that would be in the part of my post you didn’t feel like quoting.
Didn’t you get the memo? If it’s apple telling you what to do, it’s not paternalism, it’s apple making sure you get the best posible user experience.
Apple’s arguments in defense of their App Store would be much more palatable if they didn’t charge a confiscatory 30% fee for not only downloading an app or paying for a subscription, but for purchasing absolutely anything within that app.
uh no.
you asked how much is pure profit. you didn't say there is a profit. so again I ask, who is saying that apple is profiting off of 0.50 euros/user.
Glad to see that we get more choices. I don't know what why a lot of people here are opposed to the idea of installing an app that's not been through the App Store. When you are on your Mac/PC you don't blink twice when you isntall a piece of software that you downloaded from GitHub or the developers website, but when it's on their phone they lose their minds. Tell me why.
All the restrictions on developers 😂 Apple gonna get slapped down once again by the EU...
Stockholm Syndrome has hit hard in Apple land
The jailer has the inmates arguing to keep the bars up
70% of smartphone market worldwide are Android-based, which is as open as it gets from its launch. I have friends on Android phones, mostly Samsung. I follow several tech sites and blogs. Guess what? No major complaints. 🤷🏻♂️
Company only sold you the product for what it is at the moment of trade plus what is promised in the contract, nothing more or less. Smartphone is not a right in constitution for human.
Yes for now, but it’s a trend I don’t want to continue happen. Of course it won’t change everything in a day, probably not even a few years. But I don’t like where this is heading
Then why, pray tell, does Apple keep pushing for more control over what isn't theirs since the moment of trade?
I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but their whole malicious compliance shtick
Yes I do. Last time I “didn’t blink twice” I had malware on my Windows 10 system. I still regularly deal with clients that get ransomware because they downloaded something random.
First, I am always concerned about downloading any software on to macOS and PC's. So is my employer. My first experience with a Mac virus was nVIR, the first major PITA virus on the Mac, which caused havoc in the 1980's with my friends' PhD dissertations and mine, endangering years of work. I know macOS is far more secure now, but we lost weeks of time trying ti rid oursleves of that damned virus. Once bitten, twice shy...
Second, because of the biometric authentication on the iPhone, which is more secure than simple passwords (at least in theory), people tend to have apps controlling bank accounts and credit cards on their phones and not desktops. Also, iPhones are usually involved in two-factor authentication. That is why the security of iOS is so important.
- Apple pretending to support right to repair but needing a state to pass legislation in order to have a reasonable situation
- Yes, Apple will allow sideloading, but it will have prohibitively high fees, insane requirements, and apps still need to go through them
- "And don't forget, if we deem that you've become a lesser European citizen, we'll take away your privileges!"
- Apparently, iPadOS is so different from iOS that it has a "whole separate store"
- And who can forget that time when Apple disabled home screen web apps in the EU in retaliation against the DMA
- Also, Apple waiting 17 years before implementing a sensible messaging standard