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Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program

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830 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 18 Nov 20 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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pier25 ◴[18 Nov 20 14:21 UTC] No.25137017[source]▶
This doesn't change much.

PWAs are still second-class citizens on iOS.

Still no third party browser engines.

Apple can reject your app for whatever reason and everything you've invested into producing iOS code vanishes into thin air.

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1. redwall_hp ◴[18 Nov 20 15:00 UTC] No.25137461[source]▶
It was only a few months ago that the Hey thing happened, and that was all over HN. You can run a business entirely unrelated to iOS, release an iOS app because your users expect it, and then Apple comes in and starts making demands that you change your business model...

Seriously, that's entirely unacceptable.

And the Spotify and Amazon issue is textbook antitrust. Amazon won't sell ebooks on iOS devices because Apple will take 30%, which is too much for Amazon's commission structure. Apple also sells ebooks. Spotify has offered a music streaming service for years, and Apple demands 30% of every month's payment if purchased through iOS...and now Apple offers a competing service at the same price point.