Apple is attractive 500 million euros ($ 570 million) fines that it is allegedly faced to violate the Digital Market Act in the European Union.
In a statement MarastersApple said the penalty is unprecedented, and goes beyond the requirement of law.
Today we filed our appeal because we believe that the European Commission’s decisions-and their unprecedented penalty-law should be far ahead. As our appeal will show, the EC is making mandatory how we run our store and forces the terms of the business that are confused for developers and are bad for users. We implemented it to avoid punitive daily fines and shared the facts with the court.
Apple was fined users to inform users to buy app developers in April to ban app developers. app StoreThe European Commission said that developers should have the ability to direct customers outside the AApp store.
The EC said in its judgment, “App developers must be able to inform customers to distribute their apps through Apple’s AAPP store, free, for alternative proposals outside the AAPP store, steer them for those offers and allow them to purchase.”
In addition to thinking about 500 million euros to Apple, EC ordered Apple to change its OFAPP STOROU Rules to Steering or Further Penalty. Apple Make necessary changes To prevent the appeal process from being more punished during the end of June. Apps distributed through the Storefront of the European Union can now link to the deals available outside the AAPP store independently, and even offer alternative purchase options that do not use Apple’s in-app purchase system.
Apple also updated its fee structure in the European Union, and by January 1, 2026, all European Union Developers will pay a core technology commission, an initial acquisition fee and a store service fee. The fees will be different based on the level of the service store the service that select the option to use developers, and small business programs will pay a low fee. The maximum fee under the new system for distribution of AAPP Store app with full services of Apple is 20 percent less than the previous 30 percent fee.
There is a tiered system for low fees for low fees. Developers who want to pay less can select Tier 1, and Apple will not provide automatic app updates, rating, review, search suggestions, iapp store facilities and marketing, and analytics. Tier 2 provides all the current AAPP Store services. Tier 1 is mandatory, and Tier 2 is optional.
Apple says that the European Commission needed to offer various levels that would allow developers to pay less for low services, which is why there is a new, more complex system. EC also instructed Apple to be able to get out of which services developers, resulting in apple moving discovery and browsing options from your compulsory level.
Apple planned to argue that EC is explaining how to operate its business, and that the Commission has expanded the definition of steering that requires law.
