Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws

Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by GeekyBear on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:25PM (#33975226)

There was a publisher, a distributor, and the retail outlet all taking their cuts.

Then you also had to pay into a marketing fund for those big full color inserts in the Sunday paper if your software was sold at the big box retailers.

You also had to eat the cost of returns of unsold inventory after you issued a new version.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by t-writescode on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:27PM (#33975256)

It's true, Minecraft absolutely had like 4 layers of red tape Mojang had to go through to sell is program. Same with WinZip, WinRar, XSplit and many other applications.

Or do they mostly just support PayPal, Square, Amazon Pay or direct credit card billing?

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by coev on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @08:14AM (#33983004)

Nobody paid for winrar

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