“As they stand, we think that these modern terms do not permit to communicate openly with their end users and to conclude contracts with them,” she told a conference. She said it was up to Apple to choose how to comply with the DMA and not for her to tell the company what to do.
Apple said it had made a number of changes in the past few months to comply with the DMA after getting input from app developers and the Commission.
“As we have done routinely, we will proceed to listen to and engage with the Commission,” the company said in an email.
The Commission said that under most commerce terms, Apple permits directing only through ‘link-outs, ‘ meaning that app designers can incorporate a connection in their app that diverts the client to a web page where the user can conclude a contract.
It also scrutinized that Apple faces a US$38 billion fine for encouraging through the App Store the initial procurement of a new user by engineers, saying they went past what was entirely essential for such remuneration.
“We are sure our plan complies with the law, and assess more than 99% of developers would pay the same or less in expenses to Apple under the new commerce terms we made,” Apple said in its email.
