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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85231, member: 27"]
Setapp folded under Apple’s EU rules mess, while Apple and regulators point fingers, and nobody wants the blame.

Setapp shutdown fallout
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[*]MacPaw pulled the plug on Setapp entirely.
[*]Apple’s shifting store terms broke its business math.
[*]Compliance hurdles kept stacking up without clear endpoints.
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Apple shifts blame outward
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[*]Apple accused the European Commission of stalling.
[*]The company claimed approval requests sat unanswered since October.
[*]Apple framed enforcement as politically motivated pressure.
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EU regulatory backdrop
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[*]DMA forced Apple to allow outside app stores.
[*]Regulators stayed unhappy with anti-steering limits.
[*]Apple paid a 500 million euro fine in April 2025.
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New fee structure confusion
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[*]Apple split store services into Tier 1 and Tier 2.
[*]Install counts over one million trigger extra charges.
[*]External purchase links swap per-install fees for commissions.
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