Daring FireballOct 27
★ Apple Loses Landmark U.K. Lawsuit Over App Store Commissions
https://daringfireball.net/2025/10/apple_uk_lawsuit_app_store_commissions
Apple Loses Landmark U.K. Lawsuit Over App Store Commissions

The best time to adjust the rules of the App Store — its exclusivity on app distribution for the entire iOS platform, the exclusivity of Apple’s IAP for purchasing digital content, the commission percentage splits on IAP — was over a decade ago. The next best time to make those adjustments is now.

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@daringfireball My guess is that Apple doesn’t want to secede any ground voluntarily. Apple is probably thinking that certain regulators hate them so much that if they gave an inch, the regulators will still want a foot. So in the they’d end up losing 12.1”. By the time all these cases are resolved, that 12.1 inches will have more than covered lawyers fee. And they’ve already lost almost all goodwill with devs. TimApple doesn’t seem to care. The company is already well on way to enshittification
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