![]() Apple won’t collect any commissions on in-app transactions completed through alternative payment systems. So in Europe only, Apple is dropping its commission on in-app transactions to 10 per cent to 17 per cent for developers who opt to stay within the company’s payment-processing system. ![]() The DMA will ban Apple from imposing a 30 per cent commission in Europe once it takes effect. The revisions in Europe will decrease the 15-per-cent to 30-per-cent commission that Apple plans to continue charging throughout the rest of the world on in-app transactions completed on the iPhone. “Our priority remains creating the best, most secure possible experience for our users in the EU and around the world.” A test version of that software update will first be distributed to app developers.įalling into line with that EU mandate will bring “unavoidable increased privacy and security threats,” warned Phil Schiller, who oversees the Apple app store. ![]() Apple promised to bundle all the complex changes into an iPhone software update – iOS 17.4 – that is scheduled to be released in 27 European Union countries in early March. ![]() The Cupertino, Calif., company it is taking what it sees as a risky step only to comply with European rules known as the Digital Markets Act, or DMA, that take effect March 7. It will also enable developers to offer alternative payment systems that could help them make more money while potentially lowering their prices.īut Apple says it fears opening up the iPhone to outsiders will also increase chances consumers venturing outside its proprietary system will be exposed to hackers and other security problems. Most notably, Apple for the first time will allow iPhone users in Europe to use app stores other than the company-operated one that comes installed on the mobile device. ![]()
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