Apple will allow users to download apps directly from a developer’s website, in latest EU App Store rule change - 9to5Mac
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Last week, Apple released iOS 17.4 with big changes to the iPhone and App Store ecosystem to comply with the...

HUGE win for EU and for Developers with apps in Apple’s App store! 🚀

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    To use this feature, developers will have to opt into the new App Store business terms, which means they will pay the Core Technology Fee of €0.50 for each first annual install over one million in the past 12 months.

      • becausechemistry@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and governments are exempt from the fee. The full policy is here: https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/

        If you don’t plan to charge for it, you can also just publish through the existing App Store infrastructure, where there is no fee.

        (I’m not being an apologist. There are so, so many shitty things about Apple’s implementation here, but this isn’t one. I believe the EU should blast Apple as hard as legally possible for the rest of their implementation which is intentionally terrible.)

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    6 months ago

    There are a handful of different eligibility requirements that developers must meet to be able to distribute apps via their website:

    • Be enrolled in the Apple Developer Program as an organization incorporated, domiciled, and or registered in the EU (or have a subsidiary legal entity incorporated, domiciled, and or registered in the EU that’s listed in App Store Connect). The location associated with your legal entity is listed in your Apple Developer account.
    • Be a member of good standing in the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more, and have an app that had more than one million first annual installs on iOS in the EU in the prior calendar year.
    • Agree to, among other things,
      • Only offer apps from your developer account.
      • Be responsive to communications from Apple regarding your apps distributed through Web Distribution, particularly regarding any fraudulent, malicious, or illegal behavior, or anything else that Apple believes impacts the safety, security, or privacy of users.
      • Publish transparent data collection policies and offer users control over how their data is collected and used.
      • Follow applicable laws of the jurisdictions where you operate (for example, the Digital Services Act, the General Data Protection Regulation, and consumer protection laws).
      • Be responsible for handling governmental and other requests to take down listings of apps.