App Store
Apple Appeals in U.S. Against Injunction: App Store External Link Payments Erode Commission Rights
August 30, 2025 – According to a report by AppleInsider today, Apple has once again submitted documents to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday (local time in the U.S.), opposing a punitive antisteering injunction against the App Store. This injunction stems from a long – running legal battle with Epic Games. It…
Spain’s Watchdog Ramps Up Probe into Apple’s App Store Pricing Practices Amid Anti-Competition Claims
July 30, 2025 – According to Reuters, Spain’s National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) announced on Tuesday that it would broaden its investigation into Apple Inc. over alleged anti-competitive practices, with a particular focus on whether the tech giant has imposed unfair commercial terms on mobile app developers through its App Store. In a statement,…
Apple in Final Negotiations with EU Commission, Set to Make App Store Concessions
June 24, 2025 – Apple, which was slapped with a €500 million fine in April this year for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), has yet to unveil any alterations to its App Store policies aimed at dodging further penalties. According to a fresh report from the Financial Times today, the tech giant is…
Apple Reveals 2024 U.S. App Store Generated $406B for Developers, Over 90% Sales Commission-Free
May 30 2025 – Apple unveiled an official press release yesterday (May 29) detailing the performance of its U.S. App Store ecosystem in 2024. The company reported that it has facilitated developers in generating a staggering $406 billion in revenue and sales, with 90% of that amount earned without any commission fees paid to Apple….
Bloomberg: Apple’s New U.S. App Store Rules Projected to Boost Mobile Game Developers’ Revenue by $4.1B in 2025
May 30 2025 – Bloomberg published an article today highlighting that mobile game developers in the U.S. could potentially see a substantial increase in revenue this year, amounting to billions of dollars, due to Apple’s new App Store regulations. Drawing on data from the top 25 mobile games on the U.S. App Store in 2024,…
Apple Reveals App Store’s Success in Blocking $9B of Fraud Over Half a Decade
May 28 2025 – According to Apple’s latest annual fraud analysis report for the App Store, the platform has successfully thwarted fraudulent transactions totaling over 9billioninthepastfiveyears,withover2 billion blocked in 2024 alone. Apple emphasized its commitment to delivering an ultra-secure experience for users and providing developers with a comprehensive set of tools and resources. This includes…
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Makes Unprecedented Move to Halt Texas’ App Store Age Verification Law
May 24 2025 – In an unusual move, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the initiative to personally intervene in Texas’ legislative process to halt a child safety bill targeting the App Store from becoming law, as reported by The Wall Street Journal in a blog post published yesterday (May 23). Cook directly called Texas Governor…