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by realusername 793 days ago
> So how exactly does this benefit users again and isn't all about appeasing developers?

You can blame Apple here, by adding a fee per install, if you choose to go outside the appstore, you pretty much have to remove the free appstore option otherwise why would anybody use the other one?

The weird economics Apple has created discourages using both.
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nerdjon 793 days ago
Clearly though they are fine with charging a yearly fee to access the store. So why not just charge for the app in the EU IF that really is the problem here.

Give users that choice, that is all I am asking for here. Actually give users a choice instead of removing the choice from them. Which at this point in time, that choice is being removed from the user.

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realusername 793 days ago
It's not that they are fine with charging, it's that they have no choice, they are charging the bare minimum to cover the new Apple fees.

Sure they could create a paid appstore option only in the EU (if that's not against the appstore guidelines somehow, I don't know) but that might not align well with their strategy.

Additionally I also feel it would kind of be a bad PR on their side as well to charge more on the appstore in the EU.

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oarsinsync 792 days ago
> Clearly though they are fine with charging a yearly fee to access the store. So why not just charge for the app in the EU IF that really is the problem here

Alternative app stores have to pay the CTF for every install starting from the very first one. Apps distributed in alternative app stores have to pay the CTF for every install after the first 1m.

The CTF is an annual fee.

In this instance, the app store developer is the same as the app developer, so the yearly fee for the store is being used to cover both sets of fees.

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