In recent months, Apple has officially declared the “freedom” it has been demanding for years, announcing that it will allow applications from outside the App Store to be installed on iPhones. Of course, Apple didn’t make this radical change for the sake of users or developers. The European Union, known as DMA Digital Markets Act It forced Apple to make this change.

As you can imagine, Apple, which receives a very high commission of 30% from developers outside of special agreements, did not simply give up this commission and demand commission from developers in a ‘different’ way, while at the same time making it possible to install applications from outside. the App Store. Apples reimbursement for nuclear technology With the so-called pricing, developers have to pay 0.50 euros for each new installation during the year after an application has been downloaded 1 million times.

‘Apple makes fun of DMA’

As you can imagine, this new form of ‘assignment’ received a lot of response, especially from tech giants like Spotify and Google. While Spotify’s CEO accused Apple of “extortion”, one user said Even if he downloads it and never uses it and forgets to delete it He stated that Apple will make money from this. Today, tech giants have reinforced their objections, which they have expressed in their statements so far, with an open letter they have submitted to the European Commission.

Many developers, such as Epic Games, Spotify and Proton, stated that Apple was mocking the DMA with the rules it announced, and invited the European Commission to take “fast, timely and decisive” action against Apple. In the letter signed by 34 companies from different sectors: “Apple’s new rules are fair not only ignores the spirit and purpose of the lawIt also makes a mockery of the efforts of the DMA, the European Commission and the EU institutions to make digital markets competitive.Expressions are used.

In the remainder of the letter, the companies discuss the points in which Apple does not comply with the DMA. Mainly because of the costs for nuclear technology Very few developers will be willing to install non-App Store apps It is stated that this is obvious, which means that the intended competitive environment cannot be achieved.