Europe trims Apple App Store probe after deciding in-app payments not a problem
The European Commission on Tuesday reduced the scope of its investigation into Apple's allegedly anticompetitive App Store rules for music streaming providers., the Commission declared it is no longer challenging Apple's requirement that music streaming apps distributed through the Apple App Store use Cupertino's own in-app payment system.
The Commission's decision not to challenge Apple's ability to insist apps in its Store use its own payment system may reflect assumptions about changes expected to follow from the EU's Digital Markets Act – such as a requirement that Apple. Third-party app stores are expected to be able to offer their own payment mechanisms, which would render the issue moot from an enforcement perspective.
In any event, the Commission remains concerned"that the anti-steering obligations imposed by Apple on music streaming app developers prevent those developers from informing consumers about where and how to subscribe to streaming services at lower prices." The Commission says at this stage of its investigation, it considers Apple's anti-steering rules to be unfair trading conditions that violate Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union .
Apple's anti-steering rule says:"Apps and their metadata may not include buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms other than in-app purchase" with limited exceptions for"Reader" apps that allow users to view content purchased elsewhere. In other words, apps cannot even promote external payment options.
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