News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple's Proposed Changes Reject the Goals of the DMA. Parent comment

Re:Apple's Proposed Changes Reject the Goals of the DMA by Veedrac on Saturday January 27, 2024 @07:55PM (#39161442)
The developer had the opportunity to approve when it put the app up for its list price.

IMO it is easier to see why this is OK if you imagine Apple weren't tying a waiver for this fee to being unable to inform the user about alternate payment platforms. That tie is obviously anti-competitive but is therefore distracting.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple's Proposed Changes Reject the Goals of the DMA by ratg13 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @04:56AM (#39164083)
Once you put your code out there you can’t control who installs it.

If someone gets my app package and puts it up on another App Store I can’t control, I would be getting charged for those installations and have little control over taking it down depending on the government hosting the servers hosting my stolen software.

[ Parent | on HN ]