“A federal court cannot force Apple to permanently give away free access to its products and services, including intellectual property,” Apple’s lawyers wrote in the motion.
I don’t like it when Apple makes claims like this. I know my software uses their SDK but I wrote the code that is the app, it’s not theirs.
Sure, the operating system is theirs, the tooling is theirs, and the software that gives our software access to the operating is theirs. But me selling an app using a different payment system denies them money and doesn’t jeopardize their “products, services, and intellectual property.” They’re worried about the, potentially billions, of dollars they could lose.
Just say that. Say “we’re going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars if people choose different payment methods.”
Or, or, how about this! Change your percentage to 5% and call it a day. I’ll bet folks wouldn’t change their payment mechanism then, because it would be competitively priced.
I’m happy for developers who want to take advantage of the new rules. Good for them and their bottom line.
I don’t make much off of Stream and RxCalc so I’ll probably continue to use Apple’s payment system.