Brazil orders Apple to open up in-app purchases

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, Cade, has ordered Apple to relax its restrictions on in-app purchase payment methods. This decision follows a complaint filed by MercadoLibre and aims to promote competition and consumer choice within the App Store ecosystem.

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MercadoLibre’s complaint, filed in 2022 in Brazil and Mexico, accused Apple of imposing a series of restrictions on the distribution of digital goods and in-app purchases, including banning apps from distributing third-party digital goods and services such as movies, music, video games, books and written content.

Cade ruled that Apple must allow app developers to add tools so customers can buy their services or products outside the app, such as through the use of hyperlinks to external websites.

Another preventive measure is that Apple must allow app developers to offer other in-app payment processing options apart from the one owned by Apple, the regulator added.

Apple will have 20 days to comply with the measures, Cade said, imposing a 250,000 real (about $43,000) fine per day if Apple fails to comply with the demands.

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MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s App Store’s cost of doing business in Brazil just went up a negligible $43,000 per day.

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