I have not seen this important aspect mentioned yet. Once you have opted in to Apple's new business terms, you will be locked in to those terms forever.
Because of this restriction, given the ridiculous €0.50 per year per install fees, no developer who hopes their new app will one day have more than 1M installs will choose these new terms, and I have no doubt that is exactly Apple's intention here.
You're right - this clause needs more scrutiny. This is a poison pill (and a smoking gun in terms of malicious non-compliance). There is no good reason for this rule except greed and spite.
Notice that this draconian rule is per developer not per app like one might expect. What utter nonsense.
Great point, I will revise my statement to "no developer who hopes any app they ever create will one day have more than 1M installs will choose these new terms, and I have no doubt that is exactly Apple's intention here.".
It seems there's some contradicting information. The main page linked by this very thread says "and/or":
"Developers operating under the new business terms will have the option to distribute their iOS apps from the App Store and/or alternative app marketplaces."
I believe this is relevant section of the agreement addendum:
>5.5. Application Transfers - Once You agree to this Addendum, Your Applications cannot be transferred to an Apple Developer Program membership that has not signed this Addendum.
Yes, if you stay with the old business terms, you can only distribute your iOS apps on the App Store.
If you agree to the new business terms, you can distribute them on the App Store, on alternative app marketplaces, or both. I think that's what "and/or" means here. You are not obliged to distribute your app through alternate app marketplaces, or through the App Store. Some developers whose apps are already on the App Store won't get around to distributing their apps on the alternative marketplaces. Other developers releasing new apps will forego the App Store entirely. Once they've accepted the new terms, the new fee structures will apply to those developers regardless of which marketplace(s) they choose.
And once you've agree to the new terms, you can't switch back.
The fact that they don't allow you to transfer your apps to another developer account unless that account has also opted in to the new business terms, is new information and interesting, but not surprising. Otherwise, it would be possible to circumvent the lock-in provisions merely by creating a new developer account and transferring your apps to it.
from https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/#...
I have not seen this important aspect mentioned yet. Once you have opted in to Apple's new business terms, you will be locked in to those terms forever.
Because of this restriction, given the ridiculous €0.50 per year per install fees, no developer who hopes their new app will one day have more than 1M installs will choose these new terms, and I have no doubt that is exactly Apple's intention here.