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Apple will delist App Store apps that haven’t been updated recently

Enlarge / Apple’s App Store. (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Apple plans to imminently remove games and apps on the App Store that have not been recently updated if developers don’t submit an update for approval within 30 days. This news comes from screenshots and claims shared by various app developers and reporting by […]

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Google halves its revenue share of in-app subscriptions on the Play store

Enlarge (credit: Google Play) Google has made another tweak to the fee structure for apps hosted on the Google Play app store, again granting certain developers a larger slice of the pie. The change specifically affects apps that rely on recurring subscription revenue. Previously, Google took a cut of 30 percent in the first year […]

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Google undercuts Apple with new 15% revenue share for certain Play apps

Enlarge / The logo for Google’s app and content marketplace, Google Play. (credit: Google Play) Today, Google announced a major change to the revenue-sharing structure of Google Play apps—one that could significantly alter the fortunes of independent developers or small companies who rely on the Android platform’s app store for revenue. Starting on July 1, […]

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Apple updates App Store guidelines with tracking opt-in requirement and more

Enlarge (credit: Apple) In a post to its portal for developers, Apple has outlined a number of new changes to its App Store Review Guidelines—including the requirement that developers request user opt-in to track users with IDFA (ID for advertisers) device identifiers. That specific change was expected soon; Apple announced that it will come with […]

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Apple drops its Reduction of App Store Earnings from 30 Percent to 15 Percent for some Programmers

Expand / / Apple’s App Store. (charge: Silas Stein/picture alliance through Getty Images) In one of their greatest changes on the App Store version, Apple now declared that nearly all third-party programmers releasing games and apps on the provider’s App Store will observe a decrease in Apple’s reduction of earnings from 30% to 15 percent. […]