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Considering that even if it's moving slow the EU won't give its approval to that "fee despite not using anything from them"-charge.
Yeah, I'm baffled at Apple's response to this. Like I get WHY they're doing it, I just don't understand why they'd think they'll get away with it. How would this not get slammed with more anti-competitive lawsuits in the EU? The whole reason they're even being forced to allow 3rd party downloads was due to the anti-competitive nature of forcing everything into their app store, right?
They don't. Looking at Wikipedia's summary of the DMA, it appears there's a lot of room for interpretation and detailed rulings from regulators with respect to each gatekeeper company's obligations. Apple is choosing an interpretation that's extremely favorable to Apple as an opening position in what's sure to be a negotiation if not a court battle.
Regulators could take the position that Apple must allow users to install applications from any source with no interference by or payments to Apple, and I wouldn't be surprised if the final outcome is close to that.
There really doesn't appear to be any room for misinterpretation or negotiation on this one. From the DMA:
This is black and white. Access must be free of charge. There are provisions for necessary limitations to access based on security risks, but there are no provisions for charging a fee for access.