All bark.. it's not a case of "threaten" but independent law where a judge decides what is legal, not apple. It's not a children's playground where the deplorable tries to bully the 'insignificant'.
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Apple Must Let Dating Apps Offer Alternative Payment Methods in App Store, Dutch Regulator Says
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apple should just lower the cut to 15% for every developer. 30 is too high.
What is the reason this applies only to dating apps?
And if it is said that the users date movies and books, can Kindle and Netflix also take advantage of this?
And if it is said that the users date movies and books, can Kindle and Netflix also take advantage of this?
30% has been the standard commission in the digital app marketplace. Developers used to pay a lot more than 30% to distribute software in physical stores — the barrier to entry was much higher.
1.) Why ONLY Dating / Hook-Up apps ?
2.) For the sake of argument, let's assume Apple follows Google's lead, & sets their cut @ 11% for transactions outside the App Store.
What happens then ?
2.) For the sake of argument, let's assume Apple follows Google's lead, & sets their cut @ 11% for transactions outside the App Store.
What happens then ?
There is ONLY ONE store in this case, Apple's "curated" iOS App Store ... BIG difference !
What I don’t understand is how everyone assumes that Apple can do no wrong with handling purchases. Aren’t they also just using a merchant for processing payments at the end of the day?
if a purchase is made on my card I get an app notification instantly and can decline the payment with the tab of a button. No problem with 3rd parties whatsoever
if a purchase is made on my card I get an app notification instantly and can decline the payment with the tab of a button. No problem with 3rd parties whatsoever
That would 100% backfire. When a foreign national company/person/government attacks someone's government, human nature is that the people of the attacked government get their backs up and get super mega pissed off at the foreign company. The more likely result would be Dutch people abandoning Apple and buying Androids.
Personally I'm just shocked that Europeans still date. I mean they have so many liberals over there in the government that outdated concept should've been outlawed long ago.
Apps in the App Store are vetted to meet standards.
It’s hilarious to think that dating apps, of all things, should be able to circumvent this.
Tinder is hardly done by by having to give a thirty percent cut of $40 per month to the company that made them
BREAKING: Epic is set to announce that Fortnite will transition to a dating app.
What research leads you to this assumption that alternative payment methods are likely scans? Do tell!
It’s a good idea, but Tim Cook doesn’t know how to make money any other way. He doesn’t have the talent or skill to successfully market a new product, he’s just been charging fees and repackaging services launched during Jobs’ tenure.
Apple isn’t going to risk its 80% profit just to be fair.
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Yeah, they are free to leave any market at their own dissection and no government body can restrict that.
Also it just seems that the whole concept of “power comes with responsibility” is completely gone when you are rich enough. Wonder how that goes.
While I have no stance on what Dutch government is doing here, I do love government starting to ask Apple do stuff. At some point Apple will be forced to pull out of markets they can’t deal with, but so far no market pull out happening yet outside of US sanctions etc.
Could Apple take a book out of the Epic lawsuit and rule that apps using alternative payments are still liable to pay Apple a percentage of their revenue?
After all, we know that the only real reason why app developers want to use third party payments is to get out of paying Apple 30%, even if they don’t quite say that out loud. This would make for an interesting Pyrrhic victory for these companies - give them the flexibility of using other payment options, but without the convenience or the savings.
After all, we know that the only real reason why app developers want to use third party payments is to get out of paying Apple 30%, even if they don’t quite say that out loud. This would make for an interesting Pyrrhic victory for these companies - give them the flexibility of using other payment options, but without the convenience or the savings.
Thanks for your kind attempt to bundle the usual folks together to save space on the internet and cut down non the noise.
That’s right whenever I see a court ruling that’s not to my liking it must be a corrupt judge.
If they were insignificant to Apple then Apple wouldn’t make business there. Having seen the sheer size just of their flagship stores over there, I guess Apple opinion on the significance of the Dutch market differs from yours.
Now that you mention it, I wonder which market apple should stick to after all these regulation shenanigans. Nobody mention US because it’s supposed to be their home market, but still.
Anyways, can’t wait to see which market Apple will pull first in the coming years.