Chart: Global App Spending Passed $100 Billion in 2020
Apple extended an olive branch to its developer community in November by introducing the App Store Small Business Program, which reduces the companyâs app store commission from 30% to 15% for developers earning less than $1 million a year.
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World09/Jan/2021
Faced with antitrust allegations and the wrath of (some) app makers, Apple extended an olive branch to its developer community in November by introducing the App Store Small Business Program, which reduces the companyâs app store commission from 30% to 15% for developers earning less than $1 million a year.
Ever since the App Store was launched in 2008, Apple has taken a 30% cut on app sales, in-app purchases of digital content and subscriptions made via iOS apps (the latter dropping to 15% after the first year), which has lately drawn the attention of competition watch dogs, especially in cases where Apple competes with third-party app makers (e.g
Global App Spending Passed $100 Billion in 2020 (infographic)
January 8, 2021
Faced with antitrust allegations and the wrath of (some) app makers, Apple extended an olive branch to its developer community in November by introducing the App Store Small Business Program, which reduces the company’s app store commission from 30 to 15 percent for developers earning less than $1 million a year.
Ever since the App Store was launched in 2008, Apple has taken a 30-percent cut on app sales, in-app purchases of digital content and subscriptions made via iOS apps (the latter dropping to 15 percent after the first year), which has lately drawn the attention of competition watchdogs, especially in cases where Apple competes with third-party app makers (e.g. Apple Music vs. Spotify).