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Title: Apple hit with its sixth $5.7m Dutch App Store fine Post by: HCK on March 01, 2022, 04:05:19 pm Apple hit with its sixth $5.7m Dutch App Store fine
What you need to know Apple has been hit with another fine over its spat with a Dutch watchdog. Apple has been told to allow dating apps to accept payments outside of the App Store. Apple says it has complied although no apps can actually allow third-party payments yet. It's all starting to add up. Apple has today been hit with its sixth $5.7 million fine over its lack of compliance with a demand by a Dutch watchdog to allow some developers to offer third-party payments via the App Store. In a story that's now been running for weeks, Apple has been hit by another weekly fine of 5 million euros after the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in the Netherlands reported that it feels there has been no change in Apple's position — just hours after the iPhone maker sent a letter arguing that it has indeed complied with the ACM's demands. While Apple has set about making it possible for developers of dating apps to offer third-party payments in the App Store, the ACM says tha... Source: Apple hit with its sixth $5.7m Dutch App Store fine (https://www.imore.com/apple-hit-its-sixth-57m-app-store-fine-dutch-watchdog-says-nothings-changed) |