34 companies and alliances say that Apple is making a mockery of the EU’s Digital Markets Act
App Store app developers have two choices when it comes to in-app payments in the EU. They can stick with the status quo and pay Apple 10%-17% of in-app transactions, or offer subscribers an alternative payment platform but pay half a Euro fee for each annual install above 1 million for each of their apps. This has the companies and alliances writing in their letter that “Neither option is DMA compliant and both options would simply consolidate Apple’s stronghold over digital markets.”
The missive also notes that “Apple’s new terms will erect new barriers and reinforce Apple’s stronghold over the iPhone ecosystem.” The companies signing the letter to the EC say that unless Apple makes some changes, they demand “swift, timely and decisive action against Apple, to protect developers and benefit consumers and do so as soon as the DMA obligations apply. This is the only way to guarantee the DMA remains both credible and delivers competitive digital markets.”