The Dutch antitrust authority, ACM (Consumer and Market Authority), is following Apple's order in the local App Store to "permit payment methods other than its own in-app payment system for dating apps." It is reported that the company has been fined 5 million euros (about 640 million yen) for three consecutive weeks.
According to Reuters, ACM has not yet received enough information from Apple to assess compliance with the order on the 7th (local time). Prior to this, ACM released a press release in late January that it would continue to impose a weekly fine of € 5 million, up to € 50 million, unless Apple complies with regulatory requirements. It was, but as soon as the third time was implemented.
In that press release, Apple pointed out that dating app developers "set some barriers" to using alternative payment systems. For example, it seems like you're urging users to choose between directing users to a payment system outside the app or implementing an alternative payment system inside the app. ACM said that app developers should be able to choose both.
In addition, Apple has released additional details as it follows ACM's orders. It was stated that it would charge as much as 27% for dating apps that use alternative payment systems in the Netherlands, and the developers were angry.
The reason for 27% is that developer Marco Arment said, "If you pay 3% to the payment agent and Apple takes 27%, you will end up paying 30% (the same as the App Store fee so far). "Become" suggests that this is to eliminate the benefits of using alternative payments.
This content is not available in your privacy settings.Please change the setting hereApple will follow ACM's orders in a January statement, but claims that alternative payment systems on the App Store pose privacy and security risks to customers. He added that if you use an alternative payment system to purchase digital products and services, you will not be able to support your customers due to issues such as refund requests and subscription management.
In other words, under the current plan offered by Apple, adopting an alternative payment system for dating apps "has no benefit to customers or developers." A fine of up to about 6.4 billion yen will not be a big burden for Apple, so it may be possible to maintain the de facto status quo until further pressure from Dutch regulators increases.
Source: Reuters
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