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		charcircuit on Jan 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the Ap... >it will be impossible for alternative stores to offer free apps because they will owe Apple €0.50 per install Apple spends billions of dollars to develop iOS and allows a user to exclusively install free apps if they want. This behavior is subsidized by other users doing IAP and buying paid apps. Alternate app stores can also subsidize free apps from the money they make from IAP and from paid apps.

tsimionescu on Jan 25, 2024 | [–]

No, it's subsidized by the thousand+ dollars users spend on the hardware.

charcircuit on Jan 25, 2024 | [–]

I didn't realize that the fee was for apps and not app stores.

nazgu1 on Jan 26, 2024 | [–]

Looks like it is for apps (with 1M threshold) and for AppStores app (without threshold).

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