Apple touts $1.4T in App Store billings and sales, 90% commission-free
Original: Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission
Apple says App Store billings and sales reached $1.4 trillion, with 90% commission-free.
Apple said App Store billings and sales rose to $1.4 trillion, up from $1.3 trillion last year. Digital goods accounted for $149 billion in sales. The company also emphasized that 90% of total sales happened without Apple taking a commission, though the provided excerpt does not detail methodology or category breakdowns.
This TechCrunch report focuses on Apple's latest claims about the economic scale of the App Store. According to the figures in the article, Apple says that the total billings and sales generated by the App Store reached 1.4 trillion dollars, up from the 1.3 trillion dollars announced last year. This figure does not represent only Apple's revenue after collecting commissions; rather, it covers the scale of all kinds of transactions and sales taking place within the App Store ecosystem. The report specifically notes that sales of digital goods amounted to 149 billion dollars, indicating that in-app purchases, subscriptions, digital content, or other online goods remain an important part of the App Store's business model.
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