Developers urge EU regulators to enforce Apple fee rules amid DMA dispute

A coalition of twenty developers and consumer groups is demanding that EU regulators step in and force Apple to follow the Digital Markets Act after months of complaints about fees that hit European developers harder than their U.S. competitors. According to the letter sent by the coalition, their anger grew after a U.S. court blocked Apple from charging fees on outside payments, while developers in Europe still face charges even though the DMA bans them. For a region that keeps talking about fairness, the developers say the gap makes zero sense. The DMA took effect in 2023 and classifies companies like Apple as gatekeepers. That means they must allow in-app payments outside their own system with no cost. But the European Commission said Apple did the opposite and fined the company 500 million euros earlier this year for blocking developers from pointing users toward other payment options. Developers say the...

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