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Microsoft says Apple still anticompetitive in US on alternative in-app purchases

( August 22, 2025, 21:27 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Microsoft told a US appeals court that Apple violated a court-ordered injunction by severely limiting developers’ ability to inform their users about off-app alternatives for mobile purchases and imposing a punitive 27 percent commission on developers for all purchases made on the developer’s website. “By imposing a 27 percent commission on off-platform sales on top of those development costs, Apple ensured that no developer could reap any cost advantage from directing users to its own platform. But even if the commission were less prohibitive, any such commission would erode (even if not eliminate entirely) the relative cost advantage that alternative platforms could provide,” Microsoft argued. See attached file. ...

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