Tag Archive for ‘Digital Markets Act’

Manu Moreale, in reference to John Gruber’s recent comments on the iPhone experience in the EU:

Are you incapable of taking the high road? Or is it that you just spent so much time trapped in your own little bubble that you can’t see how sad you sound? You’re a 50-year-old grownup. Why are you behaving like a child, trying to convince others that your toy is the best? We’re living in 2024. Aren’t you tired of keeping these stupid tribalistic sentiments alive? Because frankly, you should.

Sometimes I wonder if some people like Apple more than they like computing or if they like computing more than they like Apple.

➝ Source: manuelmoreale.com

Apple:

Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App Store and through alternative distribution. As mentioned in May, if you have entered into the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU, iPadOS first annual installs will begin to accrue and the lower App Store commission rate will apply.

Alternative browser engines can be used in iPadOS apps.

iPad users in the EU will soon learn what a computer is.

(Via Michael Tsai.)

➝ Source: developer.apple.com

They should just eliminate the core technology fee because it’s a foolish, short-sighted method of discouraging people from leaving the walled garden and monetizing those that dare to do so.

We all know that it won’t last because government will eventually squash it. But wouldn’t Apple be better off if they ended it on their terms?

➝ Source: sixcolors.com

It’s unlikely, as I’m sure Apple has sufficiently locked it down, but it would be rad if someone figured out how to trick iOS into installing these alternative app stores outside of Europe.

➝ Source: theverge.com

I’m glad they changed their mind on this. Although, ideally, iOS would give users in the EU and the rest of the world the option to choose whether Home Screen bookmarks open in your default browser or in a full screen, chrome-less Safari view.

➝ Source: macrumors.com

Michael Tsai:

Apple had two years or so to prepare for the DMA, but they “had to” to remove the feature entirely (and throw away user data) rather than give the third-party API parity with what Safari can do. I find the privacy argument totally unconvincing because the alternative they chose is to put all the sites in the same browser. If you’re concerned about buggy data isolation or permissions, isn’t this even worse?

I don’t understand what Apple’s end game is with this and the rest of their “compliance” with the DMA. It seems foolish to expect regulators in the EU to turn a blind eye to Apple’s changes, which are obviously outside of the spirit the DMA’s intentions.

Users are irritated, developers are irritated, and I would expect regulators to be irritated as well. It seems inevitable that there will be further action from the EU to force Apple’s hand, so what’s the point? Is the goal just to get as much revenue from the App Store as they can before they have no other option but to truly level the playing field? That seems so incredibly short-sighted when you consider the bridges that they’re burning along the way.

➝ Source: mjtsai.com