For users, the changes include new controls and disclosures, and expanded protections to reduce privacy and security risks the DMA creates

• New options for distributing iOS apps from alternative app marketplaces — including new APIs and tools that enable developers to offer their iOS apps for download from alternative app marketplaces.

• New framework and APIs for creating alternative app marketplaces — enabling marketplace developers to install apps and manage updates on behalf of other developers from their dedicated marketplace app.

• New frameworks and APIs for alternative browser engines — enabling developers to use browser engines, other than WebKit, for browser apps and apps with in-app browsing experiences.

• Interoperability request form — where developers can submit additional requests for interoperability with iPhone and iOS hardware and software features.

• Notarization for iOS apps — a baseline review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, focused on platform integrity and protecting users. Notarization involves a combination of automated checks and human review. 

• App installation sheets — that use information from the Notarization process to provide at-a-glance descriptions of apps and their functionality before download, including the developer, screenshots, and other essential information.

• Authorization for marketplace developers — to ensure marketplace developers commit to ongoing requirements that help protect users and developers.

• Additional malware protections — that prevent iOS apps from launching if they’re found to contain malware after being installed to a user’s device.

• New options for using payment service providers (PSPs) — within a developer’s app to process payments for digital goods and services.

• New options for processing payments via link-out — where users can complete a transaction for digital goods and services on the developer’s external website. Developers can also inform EU users of promotions, discounts, and other deals available outside of their apps.

• Business planning tools — for developers to estimate fees and understand metrics associated with Apple’s new business terms for apps in the EU.

• App Store product page labels — that inform users when an app they’re downloading uses alternative payment processing.

• In-app disclosure sheets — that let users know when they are no longer transacting with Apple, and when a developer is directing them to transact using an alternative payment processor.

• New App Review processes — to verify that developers accurately communicate information about transactions that use alternative payment processors.

• Expanded data portability on Apple’s Data & Privacy site — where EU users can retrieve new data about their usage of the App Store and export it to an authorized third party.

• Reduced commission — iOS apps on the App Store will pay a reduced commission of either 10 percent (for the vast majority of developers, and subscriptions following their first year) or 17 percent on transactions for digital goods and services.

• Payment processing fee — iOS apps on the App Store can use the App Store’s payment processing for an additional 3 percent fee. Developers can use a payment service provider within their app or link users to their website to process payments for no additional fee to Apple.

• Core Technology Fee — iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold.