<story><title>Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use other payment systems</title><url>https://nltimes.nl/2022/01/15/apple-complies-dutch-regulators-ruling-allowing-apps-use-payment-systems</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>saagarjha</author><text>To provide more insight, this is what the process is:&lt;p&gt;* There are two new entitlements related to this, which you ask Apple to give you if you&amp;#x27;re a dating app.&lt;p&gt;* Once you get the entitlements, you need to create a new version of your app (it cannot be the same as your international one) that will ship &lt;i&gt;exclusively&lt;/i&gt; in the Netherlands with that entitlement.&lt;p&gt;* Details of how this entitlement work will come at a later date.&lt;p&gt;* Apple will still charge a commission on these purchases, the details of which will also come at a later date.&lt;p&gt;* It is your privilege&amp;#x2F;responsibility to conflict resolution with regards to refunds and such.&lt;p&gt;In essence, Apple complied with the law in the narrowest terms they could, but they did indeed change things and I suspect many companies will go through this process even if it&amp;#x27;s made somewhat inconvenient. I guess what remains to be seen is if these entitlements slowly get rolled out in other countries as they also enact legislation to require it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use other payment systems</title><url>https://nltimes.nl/2022/01/15/apple-complies-dutch-regulators-ruling-allowing-apps-use-payment-systems</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gruez</author><text>&amp;gt;The ruling allows dating app developers to avoid the commission fee between 15 to 30 percent Apple charges&lt;p&gt;Was this actually confirmed? I remember in the epic vs apple lawsuit (in the US), the media reported something similar, but if you read the decision more carefully, it explicitly says that apple was still entitled to their 30%&amp;#x2F;15% cut. The logic was that the 30%&amp;#x2F;15% cut wasn&amp;#x27;t the fee paid for processing payments, it was also the fee paid for access to the ecosystem, SDK, and placement on the app store.</text></comment>