Epic Games claims Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan is ‘illegal’ and ‘malicious’

Perpetual whiner Epic Games is, predictably, not happy with Apple’s newly revised App Store plan to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

In the European Union where the new DMA law opens up app store competition, Apple continues its malicious compliance by imposing an illegal new 15% junk fee on users migrating to competing stores and monitor commerce on these competing stores.https://t.co/YUYwsnrh32 pic.twitter.com/xAWGkOWPrH
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 8, 2024

Sarah Perez for TechCrunch:
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Under Apple’s new policy, proposed today, developers who want to link out to their websites from inside their iOS apps now don’t have to accept Apple’s DMA rules to do so. But those developers will still have to pay Apple, even if they no longer face the Core Technology Fee that comes with Apple’s new DMA rules. In its place, Apple added two new fees — an “Initial Acquisition Fee” and another “Store Services Fee.” The former is a commission of sorts for connecting users with the app through the App Store that applies during the first 12 months, while the latter helps to fund Apple’s App Store operations. It is charged on a 12-month fixed basis, meaning it would apply to those users who continue to make new purchases of digital goods and services through the app.
Both fees are being applied to developers who do accept Apple’s new DMA terms, too, adding on new charges on top of the Core Technology Fees for app installs.

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MacDailyNews Take: As always, Epic Games’ piece-of-work CEO Tim Sweeney inexplicably wants to enjoy all of the benefits of Apple’s App Store for free.
You know, because he gives his work away for free. Oh, wait, he doesn’t.
[I]f developers like Epic Games want to advertise lower prices using Apple’s App Store, Apple should simply charge an in-store advertising fee. – MacDailyNews, September 10, 2021
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