Apple has been fined for the third week in a row by the Dutch authorities, with no end in sight for the time being to these sanctions that the authorities have imposed, and continue to impose, 15 million euros being the amount collected so far.
5 million euros per week is the amount with which Apple was fined for 3 weeks in a row by the Dutch authorities, and they will continue to impose such sanctions up to a maximum amount of 50 million euros.
Apple is fined these large amounts due to the fact that it does not restrict dating apps from being able to collect payments only through the App Store payment system, or through alternative systems, but with a 27% commission, without offering the option to use both.
Apple said that alternative payment systems represent risks for the security of iOS and iDevices, so this limitation would come from here, but the Dutch authorities have a different opinion, and despite the appeal made by the Americans against the government agency's decision, they have not yet nothing has changed.
"The Dutch antitrust watchdog on Monday fined Apple 5 million euros ($5,72 million) for the third time for not allowing software makers in the Netherlands to use non-Apple payment methods for their apps. meetings listed in the App Store."
These problems with limitations regarding payments through applications are not new for those at Apple, and this is because there are various other countries where similar complaints have been made by application developers, but for now this is the first to impose fines of this kind .
