kfet @ kfet @lemmy.ca

Software Engineer, AI/ML, modern languages, sailing, Nintendo (Metroid and

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Read it again:

The new business terms for iOS apps in the EU have three elements: Reduced commission — iOS apps on the App Store will pay a reduced commission of either 10 percent (for the vast majority of developers, and subscriptions following their first year) or 17 percent on transactions for digital goods and services.

Qouted verbatm from here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

There is NO 30% fee anymore, it is going to be 10% for most, 17% for some

You are saying this as if 1M users is something that just happens overnight. This is a huge number, and there are very few non-profit generating apps which have that kind of reach.

The EXISTING fees have changed, there is no 30% fee. It's 17% now.

That's exactly what USA are trying to do, minding their own business.

It's a law directly impacting all businesses operating in Quebec.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Full access to NFC, bring your own browser engine, zero fees on third party stores, the changes are genuinely positive. What makes you say they feel like “retaliation”?

Yeah the Apple doc is all about iOS, not mentioning iPhone or iPad, which made it non-obvious. Especially since both products used to run iOS in the past.

Not a single Apple user has complained about this in my circles. Many non-EU are envious though.

There is no 30% fee anymore. All the hate so far I find entirely unjustified, the changes are all really positive.

You can argue it can be better, but saying it’s “retaliation” is a bit extreme.

Not being on iPad is not useless. It will just hurt the iPad platform, not the other way around. Nobody really cares that much about it except some niche creative products anyway.

1M users is a huge number. How many as popular apps there will be, ever?

I visited Italy last summer, enjoyed it a lot, but let me tell you the trains’ timing was a mess, perhaps the most stressful part of the trip. Never on time and in a bad way (so it eats up any connection buffer time). Well, after the car rental, but that’s another story.

This is the first I hear about the changes being iPhone-only, where did you read they are not coming to iPad?

edit: ah looks like some 4y ago Apple switched to a separate iPadOS. Used to be that iOS was both for phones and tablets.

Not sure what you mean, the announced changes are pretty much the best thing ever to happen to the Apple eco-system. The only bad part about them is they're restricted to EU.

Prince of Persia, it's mighty fun!

I love visiting Portugal, been a few times to Lisbon, amazing city, and to the Algarve region. Visiting Porto is still on my todo list, I hear it's really nice too.

Berlin is one of my favourite cities, it has a special vibe!

I have different experience with Vivaldi, been using it for years, and it's amazing.

The proper question is “why not?”.

Someone was motivated and capable enough and there you have it :)

WTH kind of a word sallad is this shit