This week, we signed and sent an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen alongside 20+ incredible app developers, associations and consumer organizations, including Proton, Threema, Deezer, and the Coalition for App Fairness.
The message is simple: Apple is still breaking the law, and the EU needs to act.
What’s Going On?
Back in April 2025, the European Commission ruled that Apple’s App Store policies are illegal under the Digital Markets Act. The DMA is clear: gatekeepers like Apple must allow developers to offer transactions outside the App Store free of charge.
Six months later, Apple is still charging developers up to 20% commission on those very transactions. That’s not compliance. That’s defiance.
Our Co-Signatories
We’re proud to stand with Proton, Threema, Deezer, the Coalition for App Fairness, European Games Developer Federation, European Publishers Council, App Fair Project and many incredible other organizations in this initiative.
You can read the full letter on Coalition for App Fairness’ website, and check out the media coverage on The Register and Reuters.
Continuing to spread awareness should be the SOP and default for all private citizens to force government’s to do their job and do better.
I think right now the tension is a bit high between the EU and US.
( US threatens countermeasures against EU over taxes and regulation targeting American firms )
The USA or better said the USTR actually speaks against the DSA and DMA and think that America is getting discriminated.
I doubt that the EU will go harsh against apple, since no one benefits from a trade war with more tariffs.
Something is fundamentally broken when megacorps can disregard the law with impunity. Paying the fines bc it’s cheaper than acting lawfully should NOT be an option
Where’s Teddy Roosevelt when you need him? We need a trustbuster
The answer is the current form of Government. And the people who run it. Too many faults in human nature, corrupt nature of money in politics, and greed.
Perhaps the article should improve its title.
Apple is still breaking EU law Together with Proton…
I was wondering what law proton was breaking alongside apple….
Yeah, my bad, there was a comma between the two, lol.