Microsoft is planning to launch a mobile app store that will compete against the App Store and Play Store.

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    10 months ago

    If it does, it better perform better than the current Windows Store. I don’t mind a Windows Store, I mind how bad it is.

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    10 months ago

    Depends on when and how Apple has to follow EU regulations, but at least until then it won’t compete with the App Store because it simply can’t.

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      10 months ago

      They will. If Apple doesn’t comply with EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) they will have to pay fines of up to 10% of a company’s global turnover for infringements. Let them try not to comply lol. Their deadline is on May 2024.

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    10 months ago

    It reads to me they want their own store so they don’t need to pay the other stores fees or give them a cut of potential sales. I wonder how many other big tech groups are considering the same.