Apple on Thursday changed the rules and fees in its app store in the European Union, when the block’s antitrust regulators ordered it to remove commercial obstacles to send it to customers outside the store.
Apple Said that 20 percent processing fee will be paid for purchases made through developers app StoreHowever, fees can be reduced by 13 percent for Apple’s small business program.
Developers who send customers out app Store The minimum fee for payment will pay five percent and maximum 15 percent. Developers will also be able to use several links as they want to send users into external forms of payment.
The change is aimed at helping Apple to avoid daily fines of five percent of its daily revenue or about 50 million euros ($ 58 million or about 496 crore rupees), which was in compliance with the block per day after 60 days. Digital market actApple paid 500 million euros ($ 580 million or about Rs 4,962 crore) imposed by the European Union’s antitrust regulators in April.
Apple said in a statement, “The European Commission requires Apple to create a series of additional changes in the app store. We disagree with this result and plan to appeal.”
In a statement, the European Commission said it would now review Apple’s changes to comply with the Digital Markets Act.
The Commission said in a statement, “As part of this evaluation, the Commission considers the ideas of market operators and interested third parties especially important before deciding on the next stages.”
In a statement posted on social media site XTim Sweeny K. CEO Epic gameWho fought a popular antitrust with Apple, which Apple’s changes are “called a joke of fair competition in digital markets. Competitive paid app is not only taxed on the app, but also becomes commercially crippled in the app store.”
Apple did not immediately respond to an request to comment on Sweeni’s comment.
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