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Apple keeps a strong control nevertheless, as detailed in the page "Getting ready for Web Distribution in the EU." > Apps offered through Web Distribution must

by okso 3y ago

Apple keeps a strong control nevertheless, as detailed in the page "Getting ready for Web Distribution in the EU." > Apps offered through Web Distribution must meet Notarization requirements to protect platform integrity, like all iOS apps, and can only be installed from a website domain that the developer has registered in App Store Connect. Further, the conditions for eligibility seem to block access to new startups and indie developers. > To be eligible for Web Distribution, you must: (...) Be a member of good standing in the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more, and have an app that had more than one million first annual installs on iOS in the EU in the prior calendar year.

markus92 3y ago
The one million requirement is where you start paying them the 50cts per install, right?
- rekoil 3y ago
  It is indeed. Can't have this being used by those who might not net Apple any money, they're locked out obviously. Fair and reasonable. /s
- usrusr 3y ago
  An interesting perspective, makes it surprisingly fair play and totally crippling to third parties at the same time. I guess the outcome will be that outside some completely irrelevant oddballs there will just be one or two entities like Epic serving the intersection of non-casual gamers and people who consider the iPhone a gaming platform and they won't pull much market away from Apple, but serve as a limiter to how much Apple can abuse their platform rule. It will look like a failure, but only because some of the limiting effect on platform abuse will also bleed into makets not directly affected by EU rules.
  - EMIRELADERO 3y ago
    No, the outcome will be that the EU rightfully fines them an examplary amount for this non-compliant farce of a plan.
  - bloppe 3y ago
    > surprisingly fair play And they'll be fairly fined for it
- madeofpalk 3y ago
  You pay the CTF 50 cents on all installs outside of the Apple App Store. You get 1m free Apple App Store installs/year.
  - halostatue 3y ago
    Unless that's changed for the worse, you are misremembering the CTF rules. App marketplaces pay 0.50€ per install-year from zero. App developers (except web distribution, perhaps) get 1M free app installs per year, regardless of marketplace.
    - madeofpalk 3y ago
      Ahhh, thanks. > One million free first annual installs. Membership in the Apple Developer Program includes one million first annual installs per year for free for apps distributed from the App Store and/or alternative marketplaces. > Developers of alternative app marketplaces will pay the Core Technology Fee for every first annual install of their app marketplace, including installs that occur before one million. https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/ https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/

by okso 3y ago

markus92 3y ago

The one million requirement is where you start paying them the 50cts per install, right?

rekoil 3y ago
It is indeed. Can't have this being used by those who might not net Apple any money, they're locked out obviously. Fair and reasonable. /s
usrusr 3y ago
An interesting perspective, makes it surprisingly fair play and totally crippling to third parties at the same time. I guess the outcome will be that outside some completely irrelevant oddballs there will just be one or two entities like Epic serving the intersection of non-casual gamers and people who consider the iPhone a gaming platform and they won't pull much market away from Apple, but serve as a limiter to how much Apple can abuse their platform rule. It will look like a failure, but only because some of the limiting effect on platform abuse will also bleed into makets not directly affected by EU rules.
- EMIRELADERO 3y ago
  No, the outcome will be that the EU rightfully fines them an examplary amount for this non-compliant farce of a plan.
- bloppe 3y ago
  > surprisingly fair play And they'll be fairly fined for it
madeofpalk 3y ago
You pay the CTF 50 cents on all installs outside of the Apple App Store. You get 1m free Apple App Store installs/year.
- halostatue 3y ago
  Unless that's changed for the worse, you are misremembering the CTF rules. App marketplaces pay 0.50€ per install-year from zero. App developers (except web distribution, perhaps) get 1M free app installs per year, regardless of marketplace.
  - madeofpalk 3y ago
    Ahhh, thanks. > One million free first annual installs. Membership in the Apple Developer Program includes one million first annual installs per year for free for apps distributed from the App Store and/or alternative marketplaces. > Developers of alternative app marketplaces will pay the Core Technology Fee for every first annual install of their app marketplace, including installs that occur before one million. https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/ https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/