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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by donmcronald on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:58PM (#26997761)
> Or am I missing something?

That’s cheap compared to the code signing racket on PC.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by xnyan on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:55PM (#26999875)
Huh? I run a few of my own programs on mac, linux, and windows - have not paid a cent to do so.
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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by donmcronald on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:08AM (#27003688)
How do you get through the SmartScreen filter without warnings on windows?
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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by kevingadd on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:05PM (#26998590)
The developer pays the code signing fee once instead of each end user paying the fee on an ongoing basis. Not comparable
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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by xyzzy_plugh on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:12PM (#26997940)
It's honestly about the same, cost wise. $100 for Apple, I've seen as low as $170 for Windows. If anything, Apple is worse because I require an Apple device to sign, though you can work around that with hosted CI.

Apple actually arbitrarily adjusts the price for non-US regions. For some reason they want twice as much from me here.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by donmcronald on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:07AM (#27003681)
You need an EV one to get past SmartScreen and I don’t even think they sell them to individuals (business only).
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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by megous on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:21PM (#26998049)
Why would you need to sign your own apps?
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