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It’s gonna be a Safari browser based app charging $9.99 a month to essentially load their website inside the app. Notice how those aren’t in the App Store? Apple banned that practice.
Also lots of porn.
And the third party app stores have to survive, so they’ll charge a 30% revenue cut, the same as Apple. Competition doesn’t mean bills don’t suddenly disappear, and salaries don’t magically pay themselves.
And to top it all off, the third party app stores will need Apple’s signature on the certificate of the third party App Store app, which Apple will charge a yearly fee based on revenue.
The App Store is absolutely, overwhelmingly flooded with garbage subscription apps...
No, competing stores will be a full native app, just as the Digital Markets Act requires.
It is yet to be seen what competitors will charge, however one thing is a universal constant: competition usually brings prices down. Apple makes enormous profits on that 30%. This leaves from for competitors to charge much less and still earn enormous profits.
As for Apple charging a yearly fee to developers, the DMA explicitly prevents that.
No, the DMA cannot stop a FRAND
FRAND doesn’t apply here. Even if it did, FRAND would require Apple grant access to iOS. The opposite of what you’re claiming. I think the EU knows a little bit more about their laws than you do.