Update: Apple Revisions its App Store Link Out Rules per EU DMA. However, the fees remain high.

Apple changed the App Store's rules to improve their compatibility with EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) However, the costs related to the updated rules that were made by Apple remain a significant amount as per the article in The Verge.

The highlights of the latest options are summarized in just six short bullets in the Apple News and Updates page. Users should visit the page to for a more detailed overview of the capabilities within the documentation for developers.

Highlights include "offers which allow customers to buy products from anywhere they prefer," developers being able to "use an actionable link that can be tapped, clicked or swiped to bring customers wherever they'd like to go." and "Updated commercial terms and conditions applicable for apps that use the an external purchase Link Entitlement feature are currently in the process of being incorporated to ensure that they are compatible with any changes implemented to these capabilities."

The changes are anticipated to be in effect "this fall" (no time frame for setting an exact start date has been established).

"Nearly Infinite 20 Percent Fee to developers'

In the words of The Verge, "Apple provides a virtually unlimited developer fee of 20 percent as part of the latest EU update" the updates appear to offer developers greater flexibility with regards to the ability to link with payment options that are not available through Apple's App Store.

The costs associated with the most recent feature are so expensive and limiting that "it's hard to imagine that a developer would use this option. "

This is because for developers who join this program StoreKit External Purchase Link Entitlement (EU) Addendum, the charges associated with it include a 5 percent initial acquisition fee plus an additional 20% store service cost that can be used on "sales of digital products and services made accessible on any platform, in 12 months from the date of the installation. This also includes updates to apps and reinstallation of apps."

The Verge mentions the fact that the app's updates or reinstalls that the user makes reset the timer to twelve months remaining to pay the charge. Other programs and methods can lower the fees through support for third party apps and charging auto-renewal subscriptions that qualify as developers within Apple's small-business program. However, the ongoing costs for 12 months are reset every time a reboot or upgrade is performed, making the fees "endless."

A recently published TechCrunch report titled "Apple alters DMA authorizations to link outs in the App Store, with less restrictions, as well as the fee structure that has been changed" further clarifies some specifics of Apple's numerous fee structures and conditions that are not only existing but brand new. Particularly,"Store Service Fee" will be a new fee "Store Service Fee" comprises "a 10 percent commission or discounted commission of 5% (e.g. Developers that participate in"the App Store's Small Business Program) as per the terms of the commercial agreements with Apple, as well as 20% standard or the discount of 7% that's provided in accordance with Apple's current terms."

Details about the fees which are a part of those Alternate Terms Addendum to apps within the EU as well as the StoreKit external Access to Purchase Link (EU) Addendum can be found within the Commissions area of this Apple Help page.

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