It is likely that, on occasion, you have noticed that a specific application is more expensive in operating systems such as iOS or macOS than in other similar ones from other creators. And, this is something that happens quite often, and although developers are initially blamedSince they are the ones who really decide the price of their applications, the truth is that it is not always completely like that.
This is because, of the price that is imposed, from Apple they take a commission of 30% of said amount, which makes developers prefer to raise prices, in order to obtain similar profits to other operating systems.
For this same reason, in 2011, a long time ago, a group of users gathered to denounce Apple for monopolyThis did not seem normal to them, since also in operating systems such as iOS the downloading of applications from other sources is "prohibited". Nevertheless, the case was closed, because those of Cupertino affirmed that the users were not in a position to sue, given that they were attending a case from 1977, and finally the judge clarified that the problem was not Apple's but the developers', since they imposed the prices, as as published Reuters:
Apple has relied on a 1977 Supreme Court ruling that limited damages for anticompetitive conduct to those directly burdened rather than indirect victims who paid a surcharge passed on by others. Part of the concern, the court said in that case, was to free judges from having to make complex calculations of damages.
However, in 2017, the case was reopened, as a judge stated that Apple was the direct seller of iTunes applications, and that is why today they will have to testify in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, because the case has been promoted up to here. Depending on what happens, Apple may have to pay a high fine, in addition to the fact that the commission of 30 percent that they take for each application sold may be lowered somewhat.
But, apparently it is not all, because apparently If Apple is not agreed, it is likely that more and more complaints will continue to arrive soon towards other companies, among which we can include Amazon or eBay, since the commissions are also technically high, despite the fact that in this case, most of the products sold are physical.
