Apple Appeals €500M DMA Fine Over App Store Policies

Apple has filed an appeal against the €500 million fine it received from the EU in April for violating the Digital Market Act with its App Store anti-steering rules (via MacRumors). The EU Commission fined the company in April due to Apple not allowing developers to inform their customers about purchasing options available outside of the App Store.

In June, Apple updated its EU App Store policies with the introduction of a new tiered commission structure. The new rules also allowed developers to promote external payment options for digital goods.

Apple made these changes these changes to avoid additional penalties, but the European Commission had yet to evaluate them. Well, by filing its appeal today, Apple shows that it believes the EU Commission went too far with its demands.

Today we filed our appeal because we believe the European Commission’s decision–and their unprecedented fine–go far beyond what the law requires. As our appeal will show, the EC is mandating how we run our store and forcing business terms which are confusing for developers and bad for users. We implemented this to avoid punitive daily fines and will share the facts with the Court,” the company said in a statement shared by MacRumors.