Apple now showing warnings on EU App Store apps with alternative payment options

16 May 2025
Apple's latest scare screen tactic comes less than a month after it was fined by the European Commission over breaching the Digital Markets Act.

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potato4k, 16 May 2025Can't blame Apple. Ever seen Califronia warning labels... moreNothing to do with warnings, it's the fact they have been forcing companies a % of every sale that happens on the companies platform and isn't fair practice and having danger warnings so that someone can use the companies payment option and making it look dangerous is illegal. (It's manipulation to keep people using apples platform so they make free money from others work, this isn't fair practice)

Having bleach and having a warning "do not drink" is a warning to say "if you do this, you can lose your life/serious health issues for life", very VERY different

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    • Anonymous
    • 7k$
    • 16 May 2025

    here the drama begun...
    most so called 'tech writer' are like congress.
    them either don't understand things or it's just like that, scrolling social media for fun.

      FatShady, 16 May 2025isn't this illegal, tho? they've been warned by t... moreOther way round I thought, Europe are saying "no, no more" which is why they keep being sued in europe/actual countries of Europe.

      And yes it is, you can't offer a different payment option etc and then go "but it's dangerous too and we aren't going to help you". It's so they can keep developers under their thumb and make money doing nothing by just an app being on their store. Like America though, get away with whatever they want and it needs to change.

        Apple is being more and more money hungry, the EU must to do more to stop them!!

          isn't this illegal, tho? they've been warned by the judge in murica not to pull anything like this, but they start by trying this shady thing in europe just to test the water...?

            Ouifuf, 16 May 2025Because the message is written in a way to scare less tech ... moreWork in a public facing job for once, and you'll figure out why we have so many warning labels on everything. From eating detergent, to the recent trend of shorting USB ports, it's endless. And Apple will be sued. It's not if, but when.

              Anonymous, 16 May 2025Reading the comments here is pure comedy. Everything is goi... moreBecause the message is written in a way to scare less tech savvy people. Imagine a 50 year old downloading Spotify for music because their family told them it was good then seeing that warning.

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                • Anonymous
                • rK@
                • 16 May 2025

                potato4k, 16 May 2025Can't blame Apple. Ever seen Califronia warning labels... moreElon is slimy

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                  • Anonymous
                  • YUU
                  • 16 May 2025

                  Reading the comments here is pure comedy. Everything is going to be Apple faults. Just a simple warning texts can be as dangerous to these people.
                  What a fucked up world we're living in today 🤦🏻‍♂️
                  🤣🤣🤣🤣

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Nm$
                    • 16 May 2025

                    Warning: Apple cannot take 30% of the purchase price for doing nothing when you purchase this app.

                      Can't blame Apple. Ever seen Califronia warning labels on everything? It's a safeguard against lawsuits.
                      Consumers wouldn't know any better. When a 3rd party payment have a data leak, they would blame and sue Apple as from their perspective, they did their transactions from their iPhone.

                      Allowing 3rd party payment is also good news for Elon Musk, as now he can leverage X/Twitter into the payment service like Paypal he had dreamt of.

                        This isn't going to work well, and I don't think this is allowed for them. They are basically making every app which isn't using their payment option look like a dangerous app, thus potentially ruining the app's image for no real reason.

                          And there are people that still want to, and still using iphone and ios...

                            Salty apple

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                              • Anonymous
                              • p${
                              • 16 May 2025

                              Both EU and Apple are corrupt.
                              What's amazing is the corruptors always gets away with it, and people forget about it.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • rKN
                                • 16 May 2025

                                How pathetic is apple... Wow

                                  Apple's jealousy and greed is truly unmatched.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 16 May 2025

                                    Apple wants their cut.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • k@m
                                      • 16 May 2025

                                      Dealing with Apple is no different than dealing with a stubborn child...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • rK@
                                        • 16 May 2025

                                        Fine them a trillion USD

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