Apple announces that it will charge a 27% commission on sales of third-party payments, with anger and disappointment from developers



Apple is moving to allow third-party payment methods in some countries and regions for payment systems on the App Store. However, on a page explaining third-party payment methods open to developers, Apple announced that it will set a 27% commission on sales of external payments. In response to this, the developers have voiced anger and disappointment.

Distributing dating apps in the Netherlands --Support --Apple Developer
https://developer.apple.com/support/storekit-external-entitlement/

Developers react to 27% commission with astonishment, anger ―― 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/04/developers-react-to-27-commission/

Apple charges a 30% commission on sales when users purchase digital products through the iOS app, called the 'Apple Tax.' Many app developers are dissatisfied with the inability to avoid Apple taxes because Apple does not allow third-party payment methods to be used within iOS apps.

However, Apple's disapproval of third-party payment methods violates antitrust laws, and proceedings and investigations have been filed in various countries and regions. Epic Games, which releases the popular game ' Fortnite ,' has filed a large lawsuit against Apple over third-party payment methods. Please admit it. '

In a lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games, it was decided that 'App Store should accept payment methods other than Apple', while there is also a voice that Apple wins-GIGAZINE



In 2021, a law was enacted in South Korea that prohibits the operation of app stores from forcing specific in-app payment methods. In response, Apple has announced that it will allow the use of third-party payment methods in South Korea.

Apple finally permits the use of third-party payment methods on iOS, South Korea is the first --GIGAZINE



In addition, the Dutch Consumer Market Agency (ACM) stated that 'the inability to freely select the payment method in the app violates the Dutch antitrust law', and the matching app distributed in the Netherlands is a third-party payment method. Ordered to allow the use of.

Apple is ordered by Dutch regulators to 'allow third-party payment systems in dating apps'-GIGAZINE



Following ACM's orders, Apple has announced that it will only accept third-party payment methods in the Netherlands. However, Apple said on the description page, 'Under ACM's orders, matching apps that are entitled to link out or use third-party in-app payment providers will pay Apple a fee for the transaction. Apple will charge a 27% commission on the price paid by the user minus VAT. ' In addition, it became clear that application procedures and operations would be extremely troublesome, such as requiring an application for permission to use a third-party payment method and preparing another version of the application.

The traditional App Store payment method was 30%, so if you are charged a 27% fee, there is no benefit to using a third-party payment method. Developer Marco Alment said, 'If you pay a 3% commission to a payment agent, the commission will return to 30%. Great. Hi, this is a comedy. A surprisingly ridiculous comedy. It would be surprising to adopt an external payment method, 'he said, pointing out that Apple's decision effectively hinders the use of third-party payment methods.



Irish developer Steve Troughton-Smith said, 'It's totally vulgar. Apple's decision is all about what Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook, thinks of developers.' I am doing it.



Also, developer and product management expert Dare Obasanjo said, 'Apple will comply with Dutch law and allow matching apps to use alternative payment methods, but still require a 27% fee. Given that Stripe's fee is 2.9%, it would be more costly for developers not to use the App Store's in-store billing, which defeats the purpose of the law. ' I commented.

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