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A new report says that the European Union is now likely to approve the App Store changes that Apple has made, and so not ...
Apple’s latest legal strategy in its long-running legal fight with Epic Games cites a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ...
Apple announced on Wednesday that it is slicing its App Store commission fee from 30% to 15% for small developers as the tech giant faces a new lawsuit from Fortnite video-game maker Epic Games.
If a user clicks the external link to the developer's website and purchases in-app content, a 27% commission is due to be paid within seven days.
Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of ...
Last year the UK’s competition regulator closed an investigation into the Apple App Store rules that Spotify hates, but only so it could figure out how to use new powers it had been granted by ...
Amazon.com Inc. successfully pushed back against the App Store commission, in 2016 striking a deal that sets a 15% commission on subscription sales to Amazon Prime Video and not the 30% fee that ...
If found in breach of competition law, the commission can force Apple to change the rules of the App Store and issue a fine for past offences, worth up to 10% of annual revenue. Spotify first ...
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is taking issue with the App Store's fees. ... It's important to emphasize here that Musk isn't alone in criticizing the 30% commission. I mean, developers large and small, ...
The commission rates charged by digital marketplaces most similar to the App Store, such as other app stores and video game digital marketplaces, are generally around 30%.
On the iOS App Store, Apple’s commission rate is 30% for paid apps, in-app purchases of digital content and services, and the first year for in-app subscriptions. It falls to 15% after the first ...
Keep in mind that this is just a preliminary ruling and that the European Commission doesn’t have to issue a final ruling until March 25, 2025. But if the charges are upheld, Apple could be ...