EU Competition Chief all but confirmed Apple to be forced to allow 2nd App Store

Re:EU Competition Chief all but confirmed Apple to be forced... by jonplackett on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:57PM (#27477725)

I would rather Apple just have to abide by some small changes to the current store:

1) Lower commission. I think even 15% would make almost everyone happy - Even Stripe will charge you 3% + 20p which is 23% on a $1 app!

2) No ban on telling customers they can subscribe a different way.

Just that probably solves 99% of objections.

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Re:EU Competition Chief all but confirmed Apple to be forced... by pylon on Friday June 11, 2021 @04:38PM (#27478174)

In addition to what you listed, I would have liked to see something about Apple not getting special rules when it comes to their own apps. For example Spotify does not have to pay 30% since Apple has a competing music service.

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Re:EU Competition Chief all but confirmed Apple to be forced... by rdudekul on Friday June 11, 2021 @04:40PM (#27478192)

Assume you are an owner of Apple stock and your networth depends on it.

What should Apple do to minimize your risk?

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Re:EU Competition Chief all but confirmed Apple to be forced... by jonplackett on Friday June 11, 2021 @07:54PM (#27479947)

Exactly what I just suggested.

Surely control of the AppStore (ie. no 2nd store owned by Epic) is massively preferable to Apple long term.

AppStore revenue isn't a massive part of their earnings. But control over their own hardware has to be right up there as a priority.

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