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The fact they’re backtracking so many times makes it seem like their lawyers didn’t do a good job making sure the rules complied to the DMA.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/12/iphone-app-store-changes-web-distribution-more/
@soopTo use this feature, developers will have to opt into the new App Store business terms, which means they will pay the Core Technology Fee of €0.50 for each first annual install over one million in the past 12 months.
Any app distributed through the web will still be required to meet Apple’s notarization guidelines. Apps can only be installed from a website domain that the developer has registered in App Store Connect. Apple will also make a number of APIs available for integration with system functionality for developers.
still so fucky lmfao that's not how distributing software is supposed to work in a functional society
@nektworks oh they know how to comply; they just really don't want to and are hoping the EU Commission loses interest before they're forced to be compliant.
Even this new change is essentially useless; you have to "have an app with a million app store downloads in the past year" before you are allowed to distribute applications outside the app store.