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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by isodev on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:28AM (#40774729)
Add to that the fact that the App Store only supports certain kinds of payment and subscription formats. Paid major upgrades, volume discounts for apps with IAPs or subscriptions , etc. - not possible at all.

Apple's restrictions are so deep as to dictate the very way we choose to monetize our apps. And all the fearmongering about choosing to publish to an alternative store. It needs to stop.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by cageface on Monday June 24, 2024 @08:04AM (#40775020)
No paid upgrades is the huge issue. By fiat they eliminated the mechanism by which small developers survived for decades before the app store. It couldn't be any harder for them to support than the crazy IAP dance they make you do instead or the subscriptions they foist on everything.
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by strongpigeon on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:47PM (#40778818)
They also implicitly prevent businesses where the margins are less than 30% unless it relies on ads.
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