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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by Daniel_sk on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:30PM (#24731568)
Germany is very specific in many of these things and the rest of EU is different :-).
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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by misnome on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:38PM (#24732354)
Right, but that contradicts the parent assertion that it's outright illegal. FWIW I'm not sure I buy that - there are way too many services and companies, large and small, that don't have this symmetry of subscription.
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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by dtech on Saturday October 10, 2020 @10:34AM (#24739256)
It's a recent EU directive (2017 I think) and might not be implemented in every national law yet, I don't know. A lot of companies haven't caught up yet and enforcement might vary.
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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by tpxl on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:59PM (#24733799)
It's an EU directive.
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