Apple’s App Store facilitated $1.3 trillion worth of app sales and billings in 2024, and the company stated it took no commission on 90% of that total. The figure comes from a new Apple-commissioned study, released as the company works to portray its platform as profitable for developers and fair in its fee structure.

Following a study looking into the success of the App Store ecosystem in the United States, Apple has sponsored a second study that covers the

This includes allowing developers to include links to external payment systems outside of the App Store. Obviously, Apple isn’t thrilled and tried to block it. Unfortunately, it didn’t go the way Apple hoped as the company loses its bid to prevent web links from showing up in the App Store.