Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store

https://europe.pub/post/390944

Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store - Europe Pub

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/390943 [https://europe.pub/post/390943]

Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from downloading software outside the Microsoft store.

Imagine if Microsoft required all Software developers to give them 30% of their income or be banned from Windows

This is nothing but pure extortion.

Thank god for the EU, which forced Apple to back down:

Fortnite, one of the world’s biggest video games, is available as an iPhone app for the first time in four years. However, it will only be available to players in the European Union. This is because EU law requires Apple to allow third-party app stores on its devices - other parts of the world do not have comparable legislation. The game was removed from the App Store in 2020 following a payments row between Apple and Epic.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70j5rx72yvo

As for canadians/americans, they are in jail.

Imagine your friend in Europe sends you a phone invite to play .

-“Oh. I’m sorry but I am not allowed to do that 😢”

Fortnite app comes to iPhones - but only in the EU

The boss of the game's publisher says he hopes to bring it to UK iPhones in 2025.

So basically Windows in S mode?
At least you could disable S mode
On X86 only I think.