Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoApple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.de
arrow-up1565arrow-down1external-linkApple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Vergewww.theverge.comRikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square221fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.de
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months ago Some services, like Facebook Gaming, use web apps as a way to get around the Apple App Store and its fees. Smell coming out from this little hole here :)
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWell, now they can use their own Facebook App Store on iPhones in EU, so not sure it really changes anything for them.
minus-squareyildolw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoTheir own Facebook App Store would have to pay the same fees to Apple as the Apple App Store under Apple’s generous terms. Losing the web app escape hatch is a 30% revenue loss
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoYeah, I’ll wait until EU has their say, because the shit Apple came up with goes against what EU is trying to achieve.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWell, this year’s Samsung has 7 years guaranteed.
Smell coming out from this little hole here :)
Well, now they can use their own Facebook App Store on iPhones in EU, so not sure it really changes anything for them.
Their own Facebook App Store would have to pay the same fees to Apple as the Apple App Store under Apple’s generous terms. Losing the web app escape hatch is a 30% revenue loss
Yeah, I’ll wait until EU has their say, because the shit Apple came up with goes against what EU is trying to achieve.
Well, this year’s Samsung has 7 years guaranteed.