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Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases

Following the EU ruling in June that said Apple’s App Store anti-steering policies are officially in breach of the Digital...

This included requirements that the link be statically defined, and go directly to their own website, without any parameters to identify the logged-in user in the URL. For now, developers have to continue to implement this sheet manually, but Apple announced it will be automatically managed and presented by the ExternalPurchaseCustomLink API in a future iOS update. This is because previously Apple charged upwards of 17% and the Core Technology Fee, for the privilege of linking out to an alternative payment method.

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