It will soon be six months since Apple received it on Christmas Daybitter Christmas present from the Dutch authorities. After a lengthy and careful investigation, the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority ordered Apple to allow iOS dating applications to include links to external payment methods. The regulator considered that the conditions set by those in Cupertino were not proportionate and, as a result, intended to force a change in this regard, with a maximum period of three weeks after which Apple would be fined.

We rushed the deadline to the maximum and learned that Apple had submitted a proposal that did contain its own terms. But he didn’t expect that the regulator would take into account the opinion of the other party, ie the companies responsible for dating services. As a result, just a few weeks later, we had confirmation that Apple had already received its first financial penalty for failing to respond to the regulator’s request in a timely manner.

Recall that the deadline for making the necessary changes was January 15 and that from this point on, the company will be sanctioned five million euros per week of delay, but a maximum of ten weeks and fifty million. It was not clear what would have happened if Apple still had not adapted to what the regulator had demanded even after those ten weeks. And nothing prevented him from taking additional measures that could be even more challenging for those in Cupertino.

Apple announced from the first moment that it would oppose this decision in court, but in the end it had to back down and as we can read on its website for developers, has announced a series of changes aimed at complying exactly with what the regulator is setting. This does not mean that the trial is exhausted, but it does mean that, at least until the trip is completed, it will adapt to whatever the authorities suggest.

In its announcement, Apple states that it has made changes to the user interface for third-party payments. Specifically, this adjustment addresses a warning that was displayed when users attempted to use a third-party payment system, informing them that they would need to contact the third party to request a refund. Payment system directly. The developer and the button do not use such systems. The regulator did not approve this button, so Apple had to remove it.

The Dutch regulator is pleased with the changes that Apple has made since January and therefore considers that Apple already complies with the regulatory framework and therefore considers that «Apple will comply with the requirements set by the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) under European and Dutch competition rules.“, In a note in which he also confirms that those from Cupertino had to pay a total of 50 million euros as a fine.