Apple takes a bite out of app store fees in China

Apple has cut the fees it charges Chinese developers to sell their apps and other digital goodies. The company on Thursday posted a news item titled “Adjustments to the China storefront of the App Store on iOS and iPadOS” in which it announced it will drop the commission it charges on app sales and in-app purchases from 30 …

[Headley_Grange]

Compare that to the UK where the Competition and Markets authority is going to investigate domestic heating oil supplers to see if they've been profiteering. My prediction - nothing bad will happen to the suppliers. If it were China the suppliers would already be knocking on doors to return the money an offer profound apologies in the hope of saving the CEOs job and keeping them out of prison.

[Rich 2]

It’s remarkable isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever read that Apple has voluntarily reduced its fees in the UK or Europe after having a little chat with the local regulator

In fact, prices don’t get reduced even when threatened - after the obligatory 2 year “investigation into the bleedin’ obvious” and 5 years of court appeals, naturally

[simonlb]

And that 30% commission has now been normalised across the board so nobody stops to actually think just how much money Apple, Google and all the other App store owners are making in commissions purely for hosting a download. They could easily reduce it and still make a decent profit, but there's no incentive unless they are forced to.

[VoiceOfTruth]

China has teeth. It's remarkable and actually rather depressing that the supposed 'enemy' is far more attentive to these things than our 'ally'.

China decertified the 787 Max first, while Trump was insisting it was safe.

[Rich 2]

I totally take your point but comparing anything to the Orange one’s behaviour and decision making is such a low bar that a tardigrade could jump over it

[VoiceOfTruth]

>> tardigrade

I've liked these little creatures since I first learned about them. Let's not bring these amazing things into this.

[Benny Cemoli]

>>"If it were China the suppliers would already be knocking on doors to return the money an (sic) offer profound apologies in the hope of saving the CEOs job and keeping them out of prison."

Out of prison or dead as Xi and the ruling CCP don't have much humor when it comes to corruption both in the government and without.

[harrys]

hypocritical cowards

willing to sacrifice their greed, have they no principles :)

still i''m sure they will continue living the "american dream", now on steriods, but only for the chosen few!