[EA-3167]

They won't boycott them because 99.999% of people aren't mobile devs, and none of this impacts them in the slightest. It didn't impact them when the price was 30% of anything over $1 mil, it doesn't impact them now. The average consumer of Apple products doesn't even care about side-loading, although I'm sure a significant minority is very pleased that it's an option going forward.

I really like this site, but people do sometimes lose sight of the world they live in vs the world most people inhabit.

[layer8]

The pricing model very much impacts users, because it incentivizes higher app prices, as well as subscriptions over one-time purchases. Users certainly don’t like subscriptions (but Apple loves those).

[foogazi]

As a user I don’t like subscriptions but I love Apple Pay - then only other payment provider I’d consider is PayPal

I don’t think I’d click on an external link to go to the app website to pay for anything

[layer8]

Whether third parties support Apple Pay or not is completely orthogonal to that pricing model. I use Apple Pay on web sites that have nothing to do with apps or app stores.

[aaomidi]

And this is why government exists, so it can battle these things without everything being a direct action from the consumer.

[Keyframe]

since it wasn't obvious - for developers to boycott them. Not Joe Montana.

[EA-3167]

Developers have been showing for a LONG time that they're long on talk of boycotts, and short on action. I really doubt that's going to change, the industry is mostly crabs in a bucket.

[Keyframe]

ah well, unfortunately I can't say you're wrong there.