Technology,
Civil Litigation,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Nov. 19, 2020
Under scrutiny, Apple halves fees for smallest developers
The program is an unanticipated departure from the tech giant’s position that its fees, called exorbitant by some developers, are essential to security and is a fair trade-off to reach a wide user base of consumers in 175 countries.
Apple will halve the fee it charges to the smallest software developers to access the App Store, the company said Wednesday in a possible move to fend off antitrust scrutiny over the cut it takes from app sales.
Apple said it will start a program that will allow developers with less than $1 million in annual net sales to pay a 15% commission rather than the standard 30%.
The program is an unantici...
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