Regulator: Apple`s Dutch App Store payment climb down doesn`t go far enough
(iMore iPhone)

What you need to know Apple had planned to give Dutch App Store developers the chance to use third-party payment systems in dating apps. Dutch authorities have released a statement to say that the move `fails to satisfy` their requirements. Apple has been fined five million euros and that could increase to 50 million. And it could cost Apple 50 million euros. Apple`s recent plans to work its way around Dutch App Store payment concerns have backfired, with the Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) saying that they don`t `satisfy requirements` set by the regulator. Writing in a press release, the regulator also warned Apple that it could end up paying 50 million euros as a result of its non-compliance. Apple had previously said that it would allow developers of dating apps, made available via its Dutch App Store, to use third-party payment systems with a fee applied. Apple also gave developers the opportunity to `express their interest` in such an opportunity. And the regu...