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'Strong action' is coming if the EU doesn't like Apple's App Store concessions
Yes — most people are ignorant of this. Boxed software had at least a distributor and retailer both with their own markup. The developer probably ended up with <30% then, and now they end up with 70+%.chasm said:Dear everyone in this discussion:There is unlikely to be even a single thing you have ever bought in your home that didn’t have AT LEAST a 30 percent markup, and many many things you routinely buy (clothes/food/gas) have much higher markups.Back when software came in a box, it was at minimum a 50 percent markup and generally much higher. Apple revolutionized the market by LOWERING market to a max of 30 percent.How quickly people forget.
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Microsoft latest to weigh in on Apple's EU App Store rules with disapproval
As I’ve said, Plan B might be to charge for API usage. Apple apparently has 250,000 APIs for developers. -
'Strong action' is coming if the EU doesn't like Apple's App Store concessions
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek called the fees "extortion, plain and simple," while Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney referred to it as "hot garbage" and a "devious new instance of malicious compliance."So EU regulators will assess plans with feedback from third parties, like this one? And they suggest that Apple test their proposal with these third parties? And the deadline is a month away? What delusional universe are these politicians living in?Third parties would like to pay ZERO — how will getting feedback from third parties help in any way? If the issue is the core technology fee, the alternative is to bill for each API use. This would just add more complexity and cost. I don’t think EU regulators can legally tell companies what they can charge, unless their goal is to become China or Russia.
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Apple's EU App Store changes are extortion, says Spotify
Good point — that was sloppy of me — corrected.eightzero said:
Fairly, I think you are referring to the EU regulators/legislators that wrote this new law. FWIW, I am of the opinion that lawmakers do not write new laws or change existing ones because they think they are improving something...they first and foremost take such actions to get votes, gain popularity, acquire money, remain in power, and then forward their agenda that they are convinced "are good for everyone." Or to put it simply, things you don't want to be seen made: laws and sausage. This is the reality of the republican form of government that is common in the EU (and required here in the states by our Federal Constitution.)Kierkegaarden said:Ek’s comment about Apple’s EU App Store changes is distortion, says me.
What did he think was going to happen? I said early on that this wasn’t going to end up the way these companies thought. I thought Apple would start charging for API use, and that could still happen. What they got was a more complex, just as costly if not more system. How is this good for the consumer? The EU seems to have such a distorted view of what consumers want — they think they want more choices when in fact they just want things to work well.
Also fairly, Apple wields economic power that outstrips many governments around the globe. And exactly who elected them? -
Apple's EU App Store changes are extortion, says Spotify
Ek’s comment about Apple’s EU App Store changes is distortion, says me.
What did he think was going to happen? I said early on that this wasn’t going to end up the way these companies thought. I thought Apple would start charging for API use, and that could still happen. What they got was a more complex, just as costly if not more system. How is this good for the consumer? The EU [regulators/legislators] seems to have such a distorted view of what consumers want — they think they want more choices when in fact they just want things to work well.
