Apple would have deliberately complicated the lives of users to discourage them from implementing a third-party application store? The journalist
In addition to dissuading, as much as possible, developers, withthe arrival of the CTFs(annual core technology fee). Apple wants to prevent users from making the switch. Since the beginning of March, it has been legally possible to change application stores.
12 clicks versus only 2
In a test carried out by the American media The Verge, the latter counted no less than12 different interactionswith the screen to finally install a third-party application store. Apple doesn't need itthat of 2to open the App Store. A glaring imbalance which could lead Europe to launch an investigation in the coming weeks.
As The Verge explains in its article, the procedure for implementing an App Store competitor is not" complex ",but it is sufficientlylaborious and “scary”so that a large number of people decide to turn back.
Is the game worth it?
Despite Apple's apparent efforts to slow Europeans' embrace of third-party app stores, developers could gain more than lose. New operating costs (CTF) are a significant financial limitation. But on the other hand, the arrival of these services outside the App Store offers immense freedom to programmers.
For users, the math is more or less the same. Many apps already offer customers the option to pay the 50 cents CTF. But it could well become an efficient purchase. Software like Clip, available onl’AltStore, are today real references in their field. With the coming ofnew storesIn the coming months, manipulation could be increasingly profitable for consumers.
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