The European Union has fined Apple $568.6 million (€500m) for violating its Digital Markets Act.

Fuck the stupid morons who defend Apple.

Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from installing the software they want on their computer.

Imagine if Microsoft required all software developers to give them 30% of their earning or Microsoft will ban them from Windows

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    16·
    5 days ago

    Imagine if Microsoft required all software developers to give them 30% of their earning

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/publish-your-app/why-distribute-through-store

    Flexible revenue sharing options that let developers choose their own commerce platform and keep 100% of the revenue for non-gaming apps, or use Microsoft’s commerce platform and pay a competitive fee of 15% for apps and 12% for games.

    I guess their rates are lower. Currently.

    EDIT: And as @Eggyhead@lemmings.world points out, that’s for Windows, not the XBox. For the XBox, they do run an exclusive store and apparently do 30% there as well.

    continues using Linux