Why Chinese Developers Filed an Antitrust Complaint Against Apple App Store Fees

Forty-eight China-based iOS developers filed an antitrust complaint today with China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), targeting the regulator now best positioned to press Apple after March's China commission cut. They want the standard 25% commission reduced to 5%, and they're betting that SAMR has more use over Apple than any Chinese court has managed in nearly a decade of failed litigation. The developers' open letter, published on WeChat by developer Tian Junwei, calls Apple's fees "unfair and excessively high" and asks SAMR to investigate Apple for allegedly abusing its market dominance, per SCMP. Neither Apple nor SAMR has responded publicly. The 5% target is not a negotiated midpoint between 25% and something reasonable. The developers argue that if China permitted third-party app stores, as the EU does, Apple's commission could fall that low, since it reaches that level under certain EU circumstances, per SCMP. The complaint is less about the price of Apple's

Why Chinese Developers Filed an Antitrust Complaint Against Apple App Store Fees

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