Overview

• Apple’s EU App Store update allows developers to embed multiple external payment links to bypass in-app purchasing restrictions.
• The company has restructured fees into an Initial Acquisition Fee, Store Services Fee, and Core Technology Commission, setting a standard 20% rate and offering a 13% rate for small developers.
• Developers routing transactions outside the App Store will face reduced commissions between 5% and 15%.
• Brussels regulators are expected to sign off on the revisions by next month, which would prevent daily Digital Markets Act fines of up to €50 million.
• Apple is appealing its April €500 million penalty and the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets has postponed its ruling on dating-app fees pending the EU’s decision.