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Apple's App Store commission cut applies to about 98% of developers

Apple's new App Store program that cuts in-app purchase commission rates to 15% will apply to the overwhelming majority of all iPhone, iPad, and Mac app developers, data shows.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 9

Podcast

Exclusive: Ferrite developer talks App Store commissions and controversy on the AppleInsider podcast

Stephen Robles 5 years ago 0

Xbox lead Phil Spencer talks xCloud in Safari, App Store fees

Phil Spencer is the lead of Xbox at Microsoft, and in a wide-ranging interview, he discusses bringing xCloud to mobile Safari and how Apple's App Store and the Xbox game store differs.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 17

Apple extends deadline on requiring live events to use in-app purchases

Apple has given developers more time to comply with a new App Store guideline requiring that virtual live event transactions be made through in-app purchases.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 0

Apple App Store Connect holiday shutdown is from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27

Apple has warned developers of its annual App Store Connect downtime, a period when the App Store closes to new app submissions and updates for some of the holiday period.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 0

South Korean legislators urge Google to follow Apple's lead and cut app store fees

Just days after Apple cut its App Store fees for most developers, a group of seven South Korean lawmakers is asking Google to do the same in the Google Play Store for in-app purchases.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 11

Podcast

M1 MacBook Pro, HomePod mini, and macOS Big Sur on the AppleInsider podcast

Stephen Robles 5 years ago 0

Apple invited to discuss proposed EU digital regulations

Apple and a cadre of its big tech peers were on Thursday invited to discuss the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), proposals that seek to regulate their outsized market power.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 1

App Store fee program will have 'immaterial' effect on Apple, says Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty sees the impact of the new App Store program with reduced commissions as "immaterial" from a financial standpoint to Apple, and believes that it doesn't signal a broader policy shift.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 0

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