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Confined to the EU because, well, you know…
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(Image credit: Future)
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After biding its time,Applehas finally spoken up about the upcoming application of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) to its mobile platforms.
The changes are going to be pretty big in EU countries, allowing in-app subscriptions whereAppletakes a smaller cut, and the return of some pretty major services and software as a result.
Epic Games has already confirmed that it will bring a native Fortnite app back toiOSfor users in the applicable countries, and there’s a strong expectation that we’ll also see multiple alternative third-party app stores on Apple’s own devices.
However, those in the UK heralding such change should take a step or two back, the company has confirmed in apress releasethat it will indeed only be making the majority of changes available to users in EU countries, rather than rolling them out widely.
That means that like US, Canadian and AustralianiPhoneowners, Brits are also unlikely to get a sniff of them without local legislation. The UK is no longer a part of the European Union, after all.
Apple’s public line is that the changes the EU is insisting upon will make iOS a less secure platform as far as payment processing and reliability is concerned.
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Quite far down the release, there’s a telling segment about new fee structures, too, which is already attracting criticism from some developers (includingEpic Games' Tim Sweeney, who remains outspoken on the issue).
One of these stipulates that developers will have to “pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a one million threshold”, which has likely incensed Epic Games, knowing that it could result in a bill of millions of Euros if Fortnite’s return to the platform is massively successful.
It’s not just the App Store, though – Safari will also get a new screen the first time you ever open it, offering you the choice of other browsers to set as your default.
The system should all click into place just before 7 March this year, when the law comes into effect. Although if you’re not a resident in an EU country, you’re unlikely to notice much difference when it does.
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