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Just in front of the conference of global developers next month, Apple on Thursday Declaration New figures related to the financial success of the US App Store. The agency says its US App Store Ecosystem has generated $ 406 billion in billings and sales in 2024 – this is an image that has grown almost three times in size since 2019, when it has earned $ 142 billion.
Apple also made a statement to note that for 90% of billing and sales by the App Store, developers have not provided any commission.
New statistics come from an Apple-Funded study conducted by Andre Fredkin, Professor of Boston University Questrome School of Business and Dr. Jessica Barley, an analysis group. The analysis has been group Working with Apple year after year In the investigation of increasing disbelief to create reports and studies that show the market power of the App Store in a more favorable light and as a net positive for developers.
Specifically, these studies emphasized that Apple developer also provides a small slive even Apple Commission and most of those who do it are in a small business plan or other program where their commission is reduced from 30% to 15%.
However, these searches could not protect Apple from being forced to open the App Store to increase the competition in the United States
US District Judge Yovon Gonzalez Rogers last month Ruled that Apple FortNeet Maker violated the court order derived from the Epic Game case Its Apple needed to reform the policy of his App Store around the external payment. As a result of this judgment, Apple was forced to pay Developers add links to their application that indicates in the option of paying webWhere Apple is not allowed to take commission.
Apple is now under process Applicant The judgment.
Fighting over the App Store Commissions over the years has increased the hostility and frustration from members of the iOS developed community, Those who believe Their applications are part of the cause of the historical Tihasic success on the iPhone. Many people think that they should be treated more than gratitude for their efforts, and not as a resource to find money.
On the other hand, Apple strictly believes that the App Store itself is the cause of developers’ success, because it provides markets that allow customers to discover new applications and easily pay for developers for software and services.
It also comes in the latest report of Apple, where Apple notes that earnings for US-based developers have been more than twice in the last five years, while small business developers have increased from 2021 to 2024 to 76%. (The next number is not surprising. In 2021, Apple has launched its small business program It has reduced the commission for earning less than $ 1 million in developers per year. Can be expected to increase an earning))
Apple also remind US developers that its App Store allowed them to reach a world market in 175 countries and regions and it Prevents billions of fraud transactionsThe Its developing investment includes 250,000 APIs as part of the framework such as healthcuts, metal, core ML, mapcit and Swifatui.
Further, the new report highlights that developers are creating how many from the App Store where they do not have to commission.
For example, Apple says that last year, the US App Store Ecosystem is a total billing and sales from physical products and services, $ 75 billion from application advertisement and $ 53 billion from digital products and services $ 53 billion. It also mentions that since the 2019, three times the cost of digital products and services and applications is to spend more than twice the cost of applications and more physical products and services. Normal retail costs and grocery distribution have increased more than fourfold.