Apple cuts and simplifies EU app fees, but Epic says it's not enough
Apple has changed how it charges app developers in the European Union, simplifying its fee structure and lowering some rates, starting October 2026.
Apple has changed how it charges app developers in the European Union, simplifying its fee structure and lowering some rates, starting October 2026.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the €890 million DMA fine on Google could unravel the Turnberry trade deal and bring American tariffs — but the penalty is a legal decision only an EU court can undo, leaving the Commission little room to bargain.
The European Commission has handed Google binding instructions to open Android and its search engine to AI assistants and competing search services. It is a textbook demonstration of how gatekeeper enforcement under the Digital Markets Act actually bites — not a lawsuit years away, but an order that lands now.