Apple seems to be dealing with a lot of stress when it comes to regulations. And while the company is yet to accept the US antitrust bill, it has been fined another five million euros in Dutch.
This is the fourth time the company will be paying this fine. Back in January, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has ordered Apple to allow Dutch dating apps to use third-party payment systems.
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ACM gave January 15 as the deadline and Apple has not managed to implement the third-party payment system for Dutch dating apps. Every week since the deadline, Apple has been paying five million euros (about $5.7 million).
According to Reuters:
The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) on Monday, it’s fourth such fine for failing to allow software application makers in the Netherlands to use non-Apple payment methods for dating apps on the App Store.
The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has been levying weekly fines of 5 million euros on Apple since the company missed a Jan. 15 deadline to make changes ordered by the watchdog.
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Although allowing a third-party payment system is taking a long for Apple to implement, that is not even the biggest fear. The company has already outlined new developer requirements and APIs for implementing a third-party payment system.
The biggest concern is that the company plans to take 27% of payments made including payments made outside the Apple App Store. Chunking off 27% is huge this is why developers have complained about it.
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It’s yet to be seen if Apple will continue with the 27% cut or maybe review it. And we still don’t know if ACM will also step in when the time comes. For now, Apple should focus on allowing a third-party payment system as another 7 days is just around the corner for another fresh 5 million euro fine.
