Posted 2/21/2024, 12:15:00 PM
Apple's New App Store Terms Criticized as Insufficient by Meta, Microsoft
- Apple introduced new App Store terms to comply with EU antitrust law, but they have been criticized as "malicious compliance" that still favor Apple
- Meta and Microsoft have lobbied the EU to reject Apple's new terms, calling them "onerous" and "prohibitive"
- The new terms include a €0.50 per install fee that would not work for many apps, especially free ones
- Meta and Microsoft want the EU to force Apple to make more concessions to really open up iOS
- The EU needs to decide if Apple's new terms comply with antitrust law; the likely outcome is the EU rejects the terms and asks Apple for improved ones