Today, Apple announced how it intends to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which the European Commission says applies to the App Store. There are a lot of details to cover, but in summary, radical change is coming to the EU App Store, but only in the EU. Let’s take a look at how
Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.
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.
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.
https://developer.apple.com/support/core-technology-fee/
https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-says-third-party-app-marketplace-creators-must-have-e1000000-letter-of-credit/
This article says that the fee applies to every installation of a marketplace.