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Applelast week announced fresh rule for EU app developersto comply with the Digital Markets Act ( DMA ) . After being doom as a “ porter , ” the EU want Apple to make change to increase competition in the app diligence , including by offering newfangled ways to download apps from outside the App Store , new framework and API , a revised charge and fee structure , and more . Developer response to the changes have been miscellaneous , as several large companies , including Epic Games , Spotify and more recently Microsoft , have add up out against Apple ’s change , which seemed designed to secure that Apple ’s power to profit from iPhone apps continues , regardless of how they ’re discovered and install .
While developers are being present with a reduced commission in the EU — either 17 % for digital dealings and services or 10 % for those who qualify for a small business discount ( or subscriptions in year two ) , the company will continue to shoot down an additional 3 % if the company uses Apple ’s payment processing armed service .
In addition , under the new term , the society is enforce a Core Technology Fee that Apple says pays for their access to Apple ’s proprietary technologies and peter , developer service and support , and political program integrity . This fee apply to apps both distributed on the App Store and through alternative marketplaces and is € 0.50 for each first one-year install per class over a 1 million threshold .
Apple is also introducing more choice , like the power to choose your default option web web browser and , for developer , the power to tap into NFC payment engineering ( which powers Apple Pay ) for their own apps .
After digging through the papers Apple provided and speaking to the company , there are a few caveat and item to these regulation that developers should know . We ’re compiling them below as a starting head and will add to this list over time as we memorise more .
Apple ’s answer to EU ’s gatekeeper rule is new ‘ core tech ’ fee for apps
