The United States justice also questions Apple’s fees for the App Store and third-party stores
Apple has shared its news about the changes reflected in the third party app storesand their own, focused on complying with the regulations of the European Commission. Despite this, many countries have joined this request to open the application store, which for many represents a monopoly on Apple iOS software. But in the United States, Apple has been looser with this type of actions, although a judge has determined that Apple is also abusing in this country.
The judicial conflict over 30% commissions on alternative payments in the US.
In the United States, Apple has not allowed third-party app stores, but it does offer In-app purchases, alternative payments and subscriptions through alternative payment methods. Despite this, Apple made no changes to the commission system for these alternative payment methods, a commission that rises up to 30%. A judge in the United States has realized this and has the sentencing conditions offered to Apple were labeled as abusealthough the apple giant has alleged that “the court has not specified acceptable commission rates”.
This will pose a financial impact and risk to App Store service revenue.
After this, even Apple itself has warned that possibly do not earn income from third-party platforms in the United States. Apple seems to have a sharp drop in next quarter’s revenuesince this is one of the company’s main sources of income. Apple takes care of the App Store as one of the great services coming in for the companyalthough the market may change with these decisions.
This is the first time that Apple has found itself in a situation like this, this decision may even affect the value of the companyby eliminating one of the main sources of income so deeply rooted since the beginning of the iPhone.
Juan Antonio Soto
I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.
