Apps certainly don’t like parting with their revenue perennially. The announcement was met with mixed reactions. Starting Jan 2021, Apple tweaked the 30% commission policy and reduced it to 15% for small apps making less than $1M per annum. Subscriptions and in-app purchases on the App Store earn Apple a 30% cut. Developers wait for the date with bated breath.Īs of November 2021, most apps are required to collect payments from their users via Apple’s payment system, which entails a commission fee or the ‘Apple Tax’. Apple is likely to appeal again but in the absence of a stay of some kind, the September injunction is scheduled to take effect on Dec 9th, 2021. recently requested a stay on the order, the Judge rejected the same. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple to no longer stop developers from: “…including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to In-App Purchasing.” She has given Apple time till Dec 9th, 2021. During a District Court trial in California in May this year, the judge asked Apple – why not allow users a choice in how they pay for digital goods offered in-app on the App Store? Later in the Septemruling in relation to the Epic Games antitrust case, U.S. And yet, there is no freedom without choice. Freedom has always been the cornerstone of technology.
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