Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4
Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4
With iOS 17.3 shipped, Apple is moving on to iOS 17.4 beta. The first developer beta version for iPhone is...
Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.
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So, the .5 per annual install for alternative marketplaces seems to be the stop gap, right? A popular FOSS store like f-droid would have to cough up thousands of Euros.
Would it be possible to sell an alternative marketplace for 1 Euro on the app store, pay Apple's purchase commission and use the rest for the annual install fee?
Apple may think they're complying with the letter of the law but I suspect the EU will feel they're falling far far short of the moral of the law.
They are also apparently requiring a €1,000,000 letter of credit for alternative app stores devs.
Oh, so THAT is the real stop sign they put in front of FOSS marketplaces. Thanks for the link!
A popular FOSS store like f-droid would have to cough up thousands of Euros.
They're probably not big enough. This only applies to apps that are on 2% of all iPhones in the EU. It also doesn't apply to non-profits. If f-droid is that big, they probably should be a non-profit.
That fee also applies to apps published on the app store.
If I understand correctly it only affects apps with more than 1 million annual downloads. I also don't think it applies to marketplaces, only apps. So if fdroid had a marketplace, the devs would pay that fee and not fdroid.
This article says that the fee applies to every installation of a marketplace.