Comment on EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store

BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  People are down voting you like your defending them, but you’re not, and you’re right. It sounds like a lot of money, but for Apple, it’s just an adjustment to the profits they made doing this.

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  • notgold@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Cost of doing business…

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  500m is bigger than you think. Also fines escalate.

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• namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I didn’t read the article, but I presume this is under the DMA which has provisions for increasing fines for repeat offenses - something like 10% of global revenue or something like that. I’m also a bit discouraged by how small the number is, but there is still some hope that it will either increase or get them to change their practices. But it is quite frustrating how slowly it’s going.

  In fact, chances are that Apple is going breaking the law until the last minute so they can squeeze every penny they can out of this scheme until they can’t do it any longer.

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