No surprise, Apple’s new DMA terms get worse the closer you look. It’s not true sideloading, but even accepting third-party marketplace apps for what they are, Apple shouldn’t track downloads (and charge a fee) for apps that are installed outside the App Store. I hope the EU pushes back.
@manton They have probably set it up in such a way that checks all of the compliance boxes for the law that the EU wouldn’t be able to do anything without changing the law, which I suppose they could do.
@manton From HN: "So to summarize: You can create your own app store, but Apple controls it, and it will cost you. You can create your own app store, but only you can publish to it. You can use your own payment method, but Apple must be allowed to collect data and a large fee from every payment. You can distribute apps that Apple approved in your app store, but you have to give Apple the data and pay per install.
Not even Google is close to that amount of data collection and greed..."
@manton The thing is the EU law did not require side loading just required that there are other pathways.
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Worse for whom?
Developers or users?
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My company is in EU and I could use the new rules. I would never do it, because I care about my users.
