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Jens-Fabian Goetzmann

@mrjefago
9 posts
2025-12-18
Apple just announced new terms for the Japan App Store. TL;DR: - Commission drops from 30% to 26% if you use IAP (15% stays 15%) - You can use alternative in-app payment or link out to web payment - However, you still need to offer IAP alongside alternatives at least as [image]
2025-12-18 View on X
MacRumors

Apple makes iOS changes in Japan to comply with local laws, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls

Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18.

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2024-06-23
This. Apple's DMA response was certainly if not maliciously then at least doing the least they could get away with. Not launching new features in the EU seems mostly about reducing regulatory risk.
2024-06-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements

After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Lloyd Coombes / iMore : Apple's biggest iOS 18 and macOS features, including Apple intelligence, won't come to the...

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2024-06-22
This. Apple's DMA response was certainly if not maliciously then at least doing the least they could get away with. Not launching new features in the EU seems mostly about reducing regulatory risk.
2024-06-22 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements

After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Aastha / Sam Lover : Samsung Galaxy AI Stands Alone as Apple Intelligence Lacks Presence in Europe Maximilian Schr...

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2023-09-02
I am old enough to remember when Tuvalu's .tv domains were the hot stuff
2023-09-02 View on X
Bloomberg

The manager of .ai TLD for British territory Anguilla estimates the island will make $25M to $30M from domain registration fees in 2023, up from $7.4M in 2021

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg :

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2022-07-20
In a completely expected response to the EU Digital Markets Act, Google is allowing non-gaming apps to use external payment providers in-app... for a 3% reduced commission. In other words: more friction than in-app purchases, no increased margin. https://techcrunch.com/...
2022-07-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Google will let non-gaming Android apps provide alternative billing systems for IAP, reducing Google's Play Store cut by 3%, in the European Economic Area

‘reduced by 3%’ — that both Apple and Google have colluded on, to fool news outlets Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : Congratulations to Google, fast-following Apple to introduce fak...

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2021-09-13
Here's another, more in-depth analysis why the Epic vs Apple injunction doesn't mean that Apple needs to allow in-app credit card flows for digital goods (by @FOSSpatents): https://www.fosspatents.com/ ...
2021-09-13 View on X
The Verge

Epic has filed an appeal to Friday's ruling in its lawsuit against Apple with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

but it's not done fighting yet Alex Tsiaoussidis / dexerto.com : Epic Games appeals after Apple wins Fortnite lawsuit Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Epic Games files to appeal rulin...

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Here's another, more in-depth analysis why the Epic vs Apple injunction doesn't mean that Apple needs to allow in-app credit card flows for digital goods (by @FOSSpatents): https://www.fosspatents.com/ ...
2021-09-13 View on X
500ish

Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers

I hadn't seen one part and will modify the post accordingly. https://twitter.com/... Jens-Fabian Goetzmann / @mrjefago : Here's another, more in-depth analysis why the Epic vs Appl...

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2021-06-07
Another example of a 6-week / 6-month planning cadence. I increasingly find the default quarterly cadence awkward—too long for individual smaller efforts, too short to make headway towards more ambitious goals and efforts. https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-07 View on X
Coda

An insider's look at how YouTube tackled its 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings

A peek inside how YouTube tackled the 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a unique set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings.

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2021-05-20
Personally I find the GDocs changes exciting. I like all the alternatives, especially Notion, but for better or worse, GDocs is often just the default choice for me. These changes at least bring it into this century. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
2021-05-20 View on X
Platformer

Google's slow pace in improving Docs, one of its most-used products, helped upstarts offer better features and the new, welcome improvements might not be enough

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