European Commission is assigned As a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act for the Apple iOS and iPadOS platforms, as well as the App Store and the Safari browser. VisionOS is nowhere on this list, but Apple is ahead of the commission this time and has announced Headset apps distributed on the App Store in the EU may offer alternative payment options. whom 9-5Mac Note that Apple made this announcement only before Vision Pro released in the region — the headset will go on sale in France and Germany from July 12.
VisionOS version 1.2 is required for developers to be able to offer alternative payment methods outside of the App Store. Developers may already offer alternative payment solutions on Apple’s other platforms in the EU, where users are redirected to a third-party provider or website to pay for a purchase or subscription. It will probably work the same way for headphones.
A few days ago, European Union officials said Apple violated DMA rules because there was nothing in its updated terms that allowed developers to tell users how much less they could pay if they chose to use the alternative payment options they offered. Authorities began investigating Apple back in March for violating the DMA’s anti-management rules. The results they released were just preliminary findings, but if Apple is found guilty, the company may do so must pay a fine worth up to 10 percent of global annual revenue, or tens of billions of dollars.
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