Apple shockingly allows third-party payment services to work, but charges up to 27%

Under the new Dutch policy, Apple had to make concessions and allow third-party payment services to work on the iOS platform. Something that has never happened before, when all forms of payment have to go through the App Store and pay a commission to Apple.

However, Apple shocked developers when it announced that the fee for these payment services would be 27%. Not much different from the App Store’s 30% commission. It also means that the developers will hardly benefit.

Currently, third-party payment services are only available for dating apps in the Netherlands. Applications can direct users to the developer’s website to complete transactions. However, all these transactions will be charged a fee of 27%.

Developers will have to submit revenue reports to Apple every month. Then Apple will bill the developer. Apple will have the right to audit to verify revenue statements are accurate. If developers fail to pay fees or cheat revenue, their apps may be removed from the App Store.

Immediately, developers were angry at this new Apple regulation. They think this is just a way to circumvent the law, because the fee of up to 27% is no different from before. And the incident in the Netherlands could be a precedent for Apple to continue to apply this measure in any market that has a policy of forcing Apple to allow third-party payment services to operate.

App developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared on his Twitter page: “It’s despicable. It says it all about Tim Cook’s Apple and how they treat developers.”

“It appears that Apple’s rules were created with the primary goal of preventing developers from using their own payment system,” said developer Dare Obasanjo.

Not long ago, South Korea also passed a law forcing Apple and Google to support third-party forms of payment in their app stores. Apple says it will comply with the law and allow third-party payment services to operate at 30% lower fees. Perhaps the above measure will also be applied by Apple in Korea.

Reference: arstechnica