[HN Gopher] Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fal...
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       Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's
       Breton says
        
       Author : belter
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-01-26 16:53 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | greatgib wrote:
       | But even if developers opt not to use Apple's App Store or
       | payment system, they will still be required to pay a "core
       | technology fee" of 50 euro cents per user account per year.
       | 
       | Alias "the Apple racket fee".
       | 
       | How can this be accepted? You don't use any Apple infrastructure
       | but you owe them money. And it's not like phone owners were not
       | paying more than multiple times the real cost of their devices to
       | Apple.
       | 
       | Pure greediness in action.
        
         | paulddraper wrote:
         | If the $1000 for the phone wasn't a "core technology fee" IDK
         | what is...
        
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