Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut

Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by spullara on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:12PM (#23566582)

Anyone could get a developer account and compile the code and deploy it to their phone if the app owner released the source code.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by KillerDiller on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:59PM (#23567263)

This could be a crucial argument in that it distinguishes between the essential freedom of device owners to decide what software to run, and the freedom of device manufacturers to decide which apps to sell in their stores and at what terms (still subject to anti-trust laws).

Unfortunately, the $99 annual fee per developer account nullifies any possible mass-market sideloading possibilities. (Imagine what could happen if sideloading apps from source was free just highly impractical, and HEY turned their rage into a free Apple developer account management & sideloading SaaS offering.)

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by dwaite on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:51AM (#23572524)

While there are restrictions, free developer accounts can support installation onto your own devices.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by GeekyBear on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:18PM (#23567509)

Jailbreaking the device is free, easily reversible, and allows you to run any software you like.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by spullara on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:31PM (#23568261)

Makes sense for Apple to make developer accounts free while publishing to the store cost money.

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