You are saying this as if 1M users is something that just happens overnight. This is a huge number, and there are very few non-profit generating apps which have that kind of reach.
kfet
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The EXISTING fees have changed, there is no 30% fee. It's 17% now.
That's exactly what USA are trying to do, minding their own business.
It's a law directly impacting all businesses operating in Quebec.
Yeah the Apple doc is all about iOS, not mentioning iPhone or iPad, which made it non-obvious. Especially since both products used to run iOS in the past.
Not a single Apple user has complained about this in my circles. Many non-EU are envious though.
Not being on iPad is not useless. It will just hurt the iPad platform, not the other way around. Nobody really cares that much about it except some niche creative products anyway.
1M users is a huge number. How many as popular apps there will be, ever?
I visited Italy last summer, enjoyed it a lot, but let me tell you the trains’ timing was a mess, perhaps the most stressful part of the trip. Never on time and in a bad way (so it eats up any connection buffer time). Well, after the car rental, but that’s another story.
Read it again:
The new business terms for iOS apps in the EU have three elements: Reduced commission — iOS apps on the App Store will pay a reduced commission of either 10 percent (for the vast majority of developers, and subscriptions following their first year) or 17 percent on transactions for digital goods and services.
Qouted verbatm from here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/
There is NO 30% fee anymore, it is going to be 10% for most, 17% for some