"But using the feature comes with fees so steep that it’s hard to imagine any developer using it. Once a developer adds external links, Apple places a new “store services fee” on the sale of digital goods and services that occur within one year of the date the user installs the app — on any platform, even if the user never actually clicks the external link."

#EmmaRoth, 2024

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216181/apple-eu-app-store-services-fee-external-links

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Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update

Apple will now allow developers in the EU to include links to outside purchases, as long as they pay two new fees that apply to purchases across “any” platform.

The Verge