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

Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by nolok on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:43AM (#26994938)

It's because Apple's actual costs are pretty much fixed (storage, bandwidth, ...) so clearly on a low price / many customer scenario it seems fairer.

That's why a per usage pricing would be fairer. And yes, the app having one thousand $10 purchases would pay way more than the app having a single $10000 purchase, but that's the point.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by AlexandrB on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:49AM (#26995025)

But for Spotify or other apps that sell content Apple is not providing storage, bandwidth, or anything else. They do provide payment processing, but it's common for that to be a small percentage of purchase price already (e.g. ~1-2% for credit cards).

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by nolok on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:08PM (#26995285)

> But for Spotify or other apps that sell content Apple is not providing storage, bandwidth, or anything else.

Indeed, I missed that layer when answering you. That's makes it even worse and unfair.

> They do provide payment processing, but it's common for that to be a small percentage of purchase price already (e.g. ~1-2% for credit cards).

And working with Visa doesn't stop you from offering Mastercard or Paypal or others. Apple mandates you use them.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by xxs on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:34PM (#26998933)

>e.g. ~1-2% for credit cards

It's capped in the EU - 0.3% for credit card, 0.2% for debit ones. That fee includes all the risks of chargebacks and fraud processing.

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