{"id":5000,"date":"2018-12-01T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/apple-in-court-over-30-app-commission\/"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T14:24:42","slug":"apple-in-court-over-30-app-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/apple-in-court-over-30-app-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple in court over 30% app commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Apple is facing the US Supreme Court to defend the commission it makes on iPhone app sales. <\/p>\n

The company takes a 30% commission on every sale and is accused by a group of consumers of breaching anti-trust laws because there is no alternative place to buy an iPhone app.<\/p>\n

Apple says it does not own or sell the apps.<\/p>\n

The court must decide whether there is a case if there is no direct link between Apple and the app buyers.<\/p>\n

While app developers set their own prices, Apple collects the payments.<\/p>\n

Apple is appealing against a previous decision made by a lower court. The case began in 2011 and was revived last year.<\/p>\n

Apple says if the legal action is allowed to proceed, it could affect other technology giants as well – Google and Microsoft, for example, also take 30% commission on app sales.<\/p>\n

Jack Kent, an analyst at IHS Markit, told the BBC Apple’s App Store was an increasingly important part of its business.<\/p>\n

“The Services category – which includes App Store commissions, alongside other media, content and services – is now Apple’s second biggest driver of revenue after iPhone sales and has been its fastest growing source of revenues,” he said.<\/p>\n

“As many of Apple’s device categories mature, services are vitally important as a means of driving incremental revenue after the device sale and also for tying users in to Apple’s ecosystem of devices, apps and services.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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