Sideloading apps or distributing them outside of official app stores can help you bypass fees, but at a cost. Google’s sideloading flexibility and the User Choice Billing program give developers ...

Per Appfigures’ estimates, Apple’s earnings from U.S. App Store fees more than doubled between 2020 and 2024. The tech giant takes a 15-30% cut of all transactions made through the App Store.

Bank of America analysts warned that if Rogers' remedy stands, billions of dollars in high-margin Services revenue could be at risk, underscoring how crucial App Store fees are to Apple's $87 ...

You probably don't spend much time thinking about Apple's App Store fees. Apple does: The fees are a major part of the company's revenue, and it has been fighting efforts to cut into them around ...

A judge dealt Apple a potential blow in its ongoing legal battle over App Store fees. Patreon and other players across the subscription creator economy are cheering it as a win. One exec called ...

The court declared Apple in contempt in April 2025 for trying to ignore a 2021 injunction, denouncing new App Store fee policies, and compel Apple to let outside payment link-outs. The submitted ...

The appeal challenges a ruling from last week that bars the iPhone maker from arguing developers fees on purchases made outside the App Store. Ruling in favour of Epic Games, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez ...

or the 27% fee on external purchases. While NFT sales were permitted on the App Store before the ruling, any purchases would be subject to Apple's commission fee. OpenSea's iOS app, for example, ...

Bank of America analysts warned that if Rogers' remedy stands, billions of dollars in high-margin Services revenue could be at risk, underscoring how crucial App Store fees are to Apple's $87 billion ...

Last year Apple responded to a ruling in an antitrust case that required the company to allow app developers to collect payments from users without going through App Store by allowing developers ...

Epic has been in a long legal battle with Apple over its iOS App Store fees, which take 30% of a developer’s earnings. A judge had ruled in 2021 that Apple couldn’t stop developers from ...