EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after Spotify complaint

Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by huhtenberg on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:29AM (#26992072)

* Allow alternative payment options.

The rest will follow.

If supporting alt-monetized apps in AppStore will be too much for Apple, then they should allow AppStore alternatives or start charging hosting/processing fees.

If paying through AppStore will be more expensive than paying in some other way, then Apple should lower the fees.

Just needs some form of competitive pressure to get the ball rolling.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by Spivak on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:57PM (#26998509)

Would you be okay with allowing alternative payments methods if Apple still billed you 30% of your revenue rather than collecting it at the point of sale?

Because if no then it is about the fee and not the payment processing.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by huhtenberg on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:29PM (#26998874)

Not sure I follow. What would justify this 30% cut in this case? The fact that they are forcing all app installs to be done through the AppStore? A fair fraction of vendors don't need that the exact same way they don't need payments to be funneled through Apple. It's Apple's choice. No reason why the vendors should be forced to pay for it.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by jsnell on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:44AM (#26992169)

Yes, this. Except they won't allow alternative payment forms for everything, but try to restrict it to as little as the commission lets them get away with.

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