https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/25/epic-games-ceo-calls-out-apples-dma-rules-as-malicious-compliance-and-full-of-junk-fees/

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is none too pleased with Apple’s new App Store rules, dubbing them once again a case of “malicious compliance” and filled with “junk fees.” As reported earlier this week, Apple decided it will charge fees on “sideloaded” apps in the EU — that is, apps and games downloaded from outside its own App Store, like those Epic desires to offer. Apple’s new rules, which go into effect in the EU as part of the tech giant’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), target larger developers, like Epic, who have to pay €0.50 for each install per year over a 1 million threshold as part of a new “core technology fee.”

This fee could help Apple to make up for the losses that came from no longer hosting the apps directly on its App Store, where today it enjoys a 15% to 30% commission, depending on the developer size and type.