News says Apple is final negotiations with the European Commission to make concessions on the App Store – Passionategeekz

Passionategeekz On June 23, Apple was fined 500 million euros in April for violating the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) (Passionategeekz Note: the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 4.134 billion). However, since the penalty was announced, Apple has not announced any App Store modifications to avoid additional fines.

A new report from the Financial Times today said thatApple is “in a last-minute negotiation” with the European Commissiondiscuss how to relax its App Store terms.

After the April fine, Apple was given 60 days to begin complying with DMA regulations, a timeline scheduled to expire on Thursday, June 26. The European Commission said last week that Apple may not face any additional economic penalties by the deadline.Because the discussions continue。

Apple’s initial €500 million fine focused on its App Store policies that prevent developers from communicating with users about alternative payment options outside the App Store. Developers are allowed to include an external link on their website, according to Apple’s current App Store guidelines in the EU; however,Apple charges a 27% commission on purchases on this link。

According to the Financial Times, Apple is expected to soon be on its anti-guidance rules in the EUAnnounce some concessions”. The European Commission will then be responsible for reviewing the changes to determine whether they are sufficient to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), before issuing any additional fines to Apple.

The EU also aimed its big knife at Apple’s core technology fee (CTF), which refers to the threshold of more than 1 million installs for the first time that EU developers install more than 1 million times a year. Apple will charge 0.50 euros for each installation (the current exchange rate is about 4.1 yuan). Today’s report statesCurrent negotiations between Apple and the European Commission have “involved” CTF rules。

The report did not specify what changes Apple may announce in the EU. One possibility is that Apple updates its App Store rules to allow external payment links without any restrictions.

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