Steve Troughton-Smith"We have a number of Apple issues. I find them very serious, I was very surprised that we would have such suspicions of Apple being noncompliant”
"This is not what we expected of such a company”
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112640420132181098
Paraphrased: we're not just mad, but we're also disappointed 😛
Me too, EU. Me too.
From later in the interview, specifically re questions on Apple’s Core Technology Fee:
“We have a toolbox of fines, of doubling fines, of potential breakup of companies”
"We have a very strong toolbox to ‘punish’”
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"I expected [noncompliance] cases… I'm a bit surprised we have so many cases, so soon, and with more in the pipeline”
John Gruber@stroughtonsmith Good luck to the EU breaking up a US company.
Michael Sliwinski@gruber @stroughtonsmith John, me, and many other Europeans are just disappointed with Apple sticking by the non-compliance and guarding these App Store fees and control and losing their face over this. Your interview with Craig and him saying “you can always go to Android” was just icing on the cake.
I used to adore Craig, Phil and Joz. Now I don’t and I’m sad 😔
Just as the EU, as an Apple fan I’m not only mad. I’m mostly disappointed. 😢
@michael @stroughtonsmith What do you think they should do?
@gruber @stroughtonsmith in one word: COMPETE. This is what @mgs was writing a long time ago.
Now they don’t have to compete because they’re the only game in town. IAP sucks and it’s OK for them. Other App Stores don’t exist because CTF. They feel entitled to all that just like @marcoarment was saying on @atpfm
But you actually provoked me to write a longer piece and put all my thoughts about DMA and IAP in writing ✍️ from a European dev perspective. Gimme a moment 😎
@michael @stroughtonsmith @mgs @marcoarment @atpfm Are you saying that Apple should capitulate and give up on monetizing third-party development on iOS?
amonduin@gruber @michael @stroughtonsmith @mgs @marcoarment @atpfm They probably should unless they want to get forced into a situation where they have to monetize all third party development on iOS and not be allowed to pick and choose who they want to extract money from. The fact that they pick on apps that choose the DMA terms is likely unlawful, the fact that they try and extract extra commission from digital goods while physical goods and services aren't monetized is likely a problem under the DMA.
@gruber @michael @stroughtonsmith @mgs @marcoarment @atpfm Further, if they had to make a fair and universal fee (one limited to the new terms). I suspect this would lead to a lot of apps leaving the store and moving to PWAs, something worse for everyone. Monetizing developer access to iOS is a mistake that will hurt Apple in the long run. If everyone had to pay 0.5/download I think Apple would find out quickly how little companies like Netflix/Amazon/Facebook are willing to pay.