Apple Overhauls EU App Store Fees to Settle Digital Markets Act Dispute Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:29 am PDT by Juli Clover Apple today announced changes to its App Store policies and fees in the European Union to comply with the Digital Markets Act. …
Apple has new in-app transaction commission rates for EU devs It’s the latest change based on legal challenges under the Digital Markets Act. By Anna Washenko Aug. 18, 2026 3:33 pm EST Apple has laid out its new business terms for apps that will be distributed in the European Union. …
… The changes, which are part of Apple’s agreement with Brazil’s competition regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, or CADE, loosen Apple’s rules in yet another market, following similar revisions in the EU and Japan. …
… Most of Apple’s changes under the DMA are restricted to the EU. Still, some changes have spread globally too — either directly by Apple like allowing emulators on the App Store globally , or to comply with DMA-like regulations in non-EU countries. …
… The company has said it spent hundreds of thousands of engineering hours and made dozens of product and policy changes to comply with the law. …
Google's secretive deal after losing it's case with Epic Games has led to new Google Play policies, a lower commission, a separate billing fee, and more changes coming to the US, UK, and EU on June 30. …
… In Europe, it's dealing with the European Commission and the European Union demanding changes to how the App Store earns income, especially for transactions outside the App Store. …
… When the EU forced Apple to allow alternative app marketplaces, this is an input to eligibilityd, which Apple uses alongside account and policy data to decide whether region-gated capabilities are available. …
… Instead of relying on France’s older repair index, it uses the European Union’s EPREL European Product Registry for Energy Labeling system, designed to better reflect real-world repair problems. …
… Apple told the EU, as it probably will in this case, that it locks down NFC for security reasons. The EU, however, found that Apple's behavior cannot be justified by security concerns. Apple has been making changes to some of its long-standing policies as legal challenges ramp up. …