Apple developers rip the company's latest attempt to thwart payments competition in the App Store. One called it 'scary.' Another thought the new 27% fee was a joke. He was wrong.
. Developers slammed Apple's original proposal, particularly a requirement that they essentially create separate apps for the Dutch App Store. They are sharing similar disdain for the latest requirements, which they say are designed to make switching payment methods as difficult as possible.Apple is requiring changes that some developers are calling a tax for not using the App Store, like requiring an additional 27% charge on top of other transaction fees.
"Just purely from running the numbers, forgetting the operational and technical overhead, the economics aren't really that favorable," Burns told Insider."You're paying the 27% to Apple and you're also paying whatever the payment-processing costs are — if you look in the market right now, the options out there are basically more than 3%.
Johnson, the veteran iOS developer, said this warning would be"pretty scary" for customers to read and might lead users to question their privacy and security when they are sent to a third-party payment system. He described ways alternative payment systems might benefit consumers, such as letting developers provide discounts, refunds, and other features that Apple's payment system doesn't allow.Another developer, Kosta Eleftheriou, said that given the specific warning developers must share if they use third-party payment systems, it would make sense for apps to also let users pay with Apple's system if they felt insecure about the redirection.
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