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Apple’s EU-induced iOS sideloading plans are starting to emerge.
Here’s the Wall Street Journal with a look at how Apple could maintain “close oversight” of iOS sideloading in the EU after the Digital Markets Act’s March deadline:
The company will give itself the ability to review each app downloaded outside of its App Store. Apple also plans to collect fees from developers that offer downloads outside of the App Store, said people familiar with the company’s plans.
I will be very interested to see if the EU is happy with such a tightly controlled approach. The EU’s top antitrust official Margrethe Vestager recently said it “stands absolutely ready to do noncompliance cases.”
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Plans New Fees and Restrictions for Downloads Outside App Store
[The Wall Street Journal]
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