Apple has announced some changes to its rules regarding dating app payments to comply with orders from the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM). If you recall, the regulator ordered the tech giant to allow third-party payments in locally available dating apps in January of this year. One Reuters reports from March say the company has not comply Even so, the orders are in a way that actually complies with what the regulator wants – so far, that is.
In its announcement, Apple said it had made adjustments to the user interface for third-party payments. As part of its efforts to comply with ACM, it started showing a warning whenever someone tried to pay with a third-party payment option, warning that they would have to contact the developer to be refunded. Like Reuters note, that warning initially comes with a button that makes it easy to withdraw from using an external payment system. ACM supposedly disapproved of that button, so Apple had to remove it.
Apple also clarified in its post that even developers who paid lower cuts are entitled to the discounted commissions they receive from third-party payments. Back when the company said it would comply with the ACM requirements, it revealed that developers paying the 30% cut would only be charged 27%. However, it is unclear whether developers who have paid lower fees to meet certain criteria, such as earning less than a million a year, will also be entitled to the 3% discount. Apple made it clear in its announcement that it will actually pay lower commissions on third-party payments, so those charged just 15% will only have to hand over 12% to the company.
In one statement Posting on its website, ACM says that with these changes, “Apple will meet the requirements set forth by the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) under European and Dutch competition rules.” Lan.” The regulator also revealed that Apple had to pay fines totaling 50 million euros for failing to meet ACM’s compliance conditions over the past few months. However, Apple said it doesn’t believe some of the changes it had to make were in the best interests of users’ data privacy or security. “As we have said before,” the company added, “we disagree with ACM’s initial order and are appealing.”
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