Turkey’s Competition Board announced on Thursday an investigation into Apple’s App Store practices. The probe focuses on two key areas: contracts with app developers and Apple’s restriction on alternative payment methods within the App Store.
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The investigation was launched as part of a review of mobile smart devices and software for these devices, the Competition Board said in a statement.
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MacDailyNews Take: Short and sweet, but yet another country that doesn’t seem to understand that the App Store is a business, not a free utility:
It’s Apple’s App Store. Of course they have a right to charge commissions.
Apple’s App Store isn’t a charity and it’s not free to operate. – MacDailyNews, November 14, 2022
How much did it cost developers to have their apps burned onto CDs, boxed, shipped, displayed on store shelves prior to Apple remaking the world for the better for umpteenth time? Apple incurs costs to store, review, organize, surface, and distribute apps to over one billion users. — MacDailyNews, June 10, 2022
If developers want to advertise lower prices elsewhere using Apple’s App Store, they should be charged an advertising fee to doing so.
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The flood gates are open and Apple’s legal team has failed miserably. Steve Jobs famously threatened to move his company when the city of Cupertino tried to strong arm Apple, Tim should have threatened to shut off Apple services from countries doing the same thing…let the inept politicians deal with the public backlash for a bit.
But too late for that now.