{"id":125618,"date":"2022-06-10T20:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=3bttqj0z"},"modified":"2022-06-10T20:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:28:26","slug":"further-updates-on-storekit-external-entitlement-for-dating-apps-in-the-netherlands-storefront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/10\/further-updates-on-storekit-external-entitlement-for-dating-apps-in-the-netherlands-storefront\/","title":{"rendered":"Further updates on StoreKit External Entitlement for dating apps in the Netherlands storefront"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/further-updates-on-storekit-external-entitlement-for-dating-apps-in-the-netherlands-storefront.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Following productive conversations with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), today we\u2019re introducing additional adjustments to <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=jmps5hyj\">Apple\u2019s plan<\/a> to comply with the regulator\u2019s order pertaining to dating apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the Netherlands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Developers of dating apps in the Netherlands can use the StoreKit External Purchase Entitlement, the StoreKit External Purchase Link Entitlement, or both entitlements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In accordance with the ACM\u2019s wishes, we\u2019ve made adjustments to the user interface requirements announced this past March for developers who choose to use either or both of the entitlements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>We\u2019ve adjusted the payment processing provider criteria for developers who wish to use either of the entitlements. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The 3 percent commission discount also applies to in-app purchases that qualify for a lower commission rate (for example, App Store Small Business Program enrollees or subscription services after one year of paid service \u2014 both of which already qualify for a 15% commission).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder, developers of dating apps who want to continue using Apple\u2019s in-app purchase system \u2014 which we believe is the safest and most secure way for users to purchase digital goods and services \u2014 may do so and no further action is&nbsp;needed.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t believe some of these changes are in the best interests of our users\u2019 privacy or data security. Because Apple is committed to constructive engagement with regulators, we\u2019re making the additional changes at the ACM\u2019s request. As we\u2019ve previously said, we disagree with the ACM\u2019s original order and are appealing&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/storekit-external-entitlement\/\"><span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following productive conversations with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), today we\u2019re introducing additional adjustments to Apple\u2019s plan to comply with the regulator\u2019s order pertaining to dating apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the Netherlands: Developers of dating apps in the Netherlands can use the StoreKit External Purchase Entitlement, the StoreKit External Purchase Link [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}