The move is an olive branch from Apple to lawmakers over its App Store business practices, which have been under increasing scrutiny for the past year.
For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple’s built-in iPhone and iPad...
9to5mac.com
I had no idea that till now you couldn't rate Apple's apps. Guess the lawsuits regarding their app store and antitrust proceedings forced them to change the policy.
Apple has updated its App Store policies to allow developers to charge you more for auto-renewing subscriptions under specific circumstances without your prior, explicit approval for the price hike.
Apple is increasingly making big product changes reluctantly in response to legal issues and regulator demands, instead of being driven by innovation.
techcrunch.com
Apple is doing in 2024 what Twitter did in 2012.
There's a fee (0.5euro per user per year) if your app crosses 1 million installs on a 3rd party store.
The third-party store has to pay the same fee for every installation. And 1 million installation freebie don't apply to them.
If a developer even links to a payment option outside the Apple store, Apple wants a 27% cut of that. (Impossible to calculate and prove though)
On top of that, Apple in its letter to customers warned that these measures will decrease security so probably don't use apps that want you to use a 3rd party system.
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