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Apple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs


Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee that can apply to iOS developers in the European Union as it continues to configure its approach to the bloc's Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee on iOS developers in the European Union as it continues to configure its approach to the bloc's Digital Markets Act.

(NB: Government bodies and accredited educational institutions were already exempted from paying the CTF, provided they meet Apple’s criteria.) Apple said the second change it’s announced aims to provide small developers that score a hit app more time to scale their business. Devs earning less than €10 million in global annual business revenue will get a 3-year “free on-ramp to the CTF”, as its developer materials put it.

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