Apple recently announced that it will enable app sideloading on iPhones running iOS 17.4 for EU users. EU customers can download apps without using the Apple App Store. This means that developers no longer have to pay Apple a 15 to 30 percent fee. At least that’s what people thought until recently.
According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, who wrote about the issue in the latest issue of his Power On newsletter, Apple is a “Strictly controlled system“Introduce it EU users enables, Apps from sources other than the App Store To place. Just days ago, Apple became embroiled in a dispute with the EU over whether to give third-party providers access to NFC chips in future iPhones.
Apple charges a developer fee for app sideloading
While many app developers initially assumed that introducing app sideloading to the iPhone would allow them to escape the app store’s high fees, a different reality is emerging. The The Wall Street Journal Reports suggest that Apple will play a controlling role despite the new sideloading option. This includes Review apps downloaded outside the App Store as well as Collection of developer fees For this download. Developers who hoped for financial relief through sideloading now have to contend with the fact that Apple will share revenue even by bypassing the App Store.
Sideloading isn’t just on Android
The reasons for this change are: Digital Market Act (abbreviated as DMA) – one European Union initiativeTo limit the market dominance of technology companies like Apple, Google and Amazon. This is intended to prevent those organizations from being viewed as “the janitor“Small companies determine how to advertise and sell their products
Until now, sideloading has always been a thorn in Apple’s side, and may be Privacy and Security PrecautionsTrusted by iPhone users,”Depreciation“- such a one Macrumors statement. That would be the user potential risk Such as malware, fraud and data tracking. Despite these concerns, Apple must comply with the requirements of the Digital Markets Act to avoid potential fines 10 percent of global sales May be.
If other countries introduce similar laws, alternative app stores may expand beyond the European Union. The The United States, for example, is considering legislationThat requires Apple to allow sideloading.
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