Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.
So, the .5 per annual install for alternative marketplaces seems to be the stop gap, right? A popular FOSS store like f-droid would have to cough up thousands of Euros.
Would it be possible to sell an alternative marketplace for 1 Euro on the app store, pay Apple’s purchase commission and use the rest for the annual install fee?
They are also apparently requiring a €1,000,000 letter of credit for alternative app stores devs.
A popular FOSS store like f-droid would have to cough up thousands of Euros.
They’re probably not big enough. This only applies to apps that are on 2% of all iPhones in the EU. It also doesn’t apply to non-profits. If f-droid is that big, they probably should be a non-profit.
That fee also applies to apps published on the app store.
If I understand correctly it only affects apps with more than 1 million annual downloads. I also don’t think it applies to marketplaces, only apps. So if fdroid had a marketplace, the devs would pay that fee and not fdroid.
This article says that the fee applies to every installation of a marketplace.
