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Updated: November 18, 2020 by admin

Apple plans to slash some App Store commissions amid controversy

Apple plans to slash some App Store commissions amid controversy
Updated: November 18, 2020 by admin
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Apple’s commissions for in-app subscriptions and other purchases will go from 30 percent to 15 percent starting January 1.

Apple has come under scrutiny about whether it uses commission generated from its App Store to unfairly fatten its profits and stifle rivals competing against its own music, video, and other subscription services [File: Mark Lennihan/AP Photo]

Apple will cut its App Store commissions in half for most developers beginning next year amid an intensifying debate about whether the iPhone maker has been using the fees to unfairly fatten its profits and stifle rivals competing against its own music, video and other subscription services.

The concession announced Wednesday will lower Apple’s commissions for in-app subscriptions and other purchases from the 30 percent rate that has been in place since 2008 to 15 percent, effective January 1.

But the discount will only apply to developers with App Store revenue up to $1m annually – a threshold that excludes the makers of some of the most popular apps downloaded on iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.

That group includes two of Apple’s fiercest critics, music streaming service Spotify, and Epic, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game.

Both those companies have helped spur increasing scrutiny of Apple’s App Store practices among lawmakers and regulators in the United States and Europe. Apple sells music streaming and video services that have been helping to offset a slowdown in iPhone revenue in recent years.

The App Store commissions feed Apple’s services division, which saw its revenue climb 16 percent to nearly $54bn during the company’s last fiscal year ending in September. Only iPhone sales generate more revenue for Apple than services.

Apple is framing its fee reduction as a way to help most of the companies that make the roughly 1.8 million apps in its store during the tough economic times brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. About 98 percent of the app developers generate less than $1m in revenue annually, according to the mobile analytics firm SensorTower.

But the reduced commission probably won’t leave much of a dent in Apple’s revenue. That’s because the small developers in line to qualify for the cut only contribute about five percent of Apple’s App Store revenue, based on SensorTower’s estimates.

That’s probably one reason investors seemed unfazed by Apple’s forthcoming fee cut. The company’s shares were up slightly during early afternoon trading.

Spotify scoffed at Apple’s lower commissions as “window dressing” designed to discourage regulators from cracking down on its practices. “This latest move further demonstrates that their app store policies are arbitrary and capricious,” Spotify said in a statement.

Epic is continuing to pursue a lawsuit it filed against Apple earlier this year in an effort to win the right to sell products within its apps without having to pay Apple’s fees.

Meanwhile, a group called the Coalition for App Fairness, a Washington-based non-profit, is calling for “fair treatment” in the way the tech giants run their app stores. Its members include Epic, Spotify, online dating app maker Match Group, and other members including Tile, Basecamp, ProtonMail and European media industry associations.

And European regulators are investigating Apple’s mobile App Store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition, part of the European Union’s battle against the dominance of big tech companies.

Apple CEO Tim Cook cast the fee reductions as a mutually beneficial move for everyone involved.

“We’re launching this program to help small business owners write the next chapter of creativity and prosperity on the app store,” Cook said in a statement.

More details about the reduced commissions will be released next month.

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