Money Memo · issue 1 · $19

Stay on Apple IAP this cycle.

If you sell digital goods in EU App Store storefronts and you use Apple In-App Purchase today, leave checkout alone. The 1 October terms are real. The 12-month lock is the part that costs money if you rush.

Buy issue 1 — $19

Apple published unified EU business terms on 18 August 2026. Commercial terms take effect 1 October. Headline commission is not the model. Do not enable alternative in-app processing or link-out unless you already remitted EU VAT, staffed refunds outside Apple, and have a written four-path model on last-90-day EU digital revenue.

If you only use IAP, Apple says no product change is required. Read the pages. Do not select a new payment combination.

Full memo after payment. Not legal, tax, or accounting advice.