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Nov. 3, 2021
Apple’s $100M deal with developers gets preliminary OK
Under the settlement, Apple maintains most of the business practices that have been alleged to violate antitrust law. It will instead create a $100 million fund for small developers, whose proceeds from app sales were less than $1 million per year from June 2015 to April 2021.
A federal judge advanced on Tuesday a $100 million settlement to resolve an antitrust class action by developers against Apple despite some concerns about the enforceability of a term in which Apple agreed to improve the ability of users to find high-quality apps.
One part of the deal is a policy change loosening Apple's control over the App Store and making it easier for developers to avoid the company's toll on all transactions made in it...
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