Apple cuts EU app fees to 5% for sales outside its App Store
What's next: The new EU terms start Oct. 1 as the European Commission monitors compliance and Epic Games calls the fees anti-competitive.
Apple reset its European Union App Store fee structure on Tuesday, charging 5% on digital purchases made through third-party app stores or the web in a bid to satisfy the bloc's Digital Markets Act. Under the new system, developers using Apple's own payment tools in the App Store will pay 26%, those using their own payment processors will pay 20%, and apps that send users to a website to complete purchases will pay 15%. Apple said the changes replace a more complicated model and remove the initial acquisition fee and store services fee. The new terms take effect Oct. 1. The European Commission welcomed the changes and said it would monitor implementation, while Epic Games dismissed the plan as "junk fees."