If you believed that the point of the DMA was to open up competition, choice, and freedom for developers, yeah, I bet it does seem bonkers that the European Commission has signed off on compliance where Apple charges 15 percent commissions on links to the web from apps distributed on the App Store, and that Apple will collect a 5 percent Core Technology Commission even for apps distributed on third-party app marketplaces, using third-party payment processing.
Wesley Hilliard, reporting for AppleInsider last week:
A report from Irish Independent detailed the European Commission’s
response to Apple’s new business terms for the EU. They share that
they welcome the changes and will monitor Apple’s implementation
of the terms.
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