Apple is offering some small iOS app developers a surprise Christmas present.
The iPhone maker has begun rolling out lower app store rates for some creators, reducing their in-app purchase fees from 30% to 15%.
Apple had announced its plan to cut rates for apps that generate less than $ 1 million a year in November, saying the changes would take effect Jan. 1, but developers have been told soon according to a Macrumors report.
Technology giant Cupertino, California, has framed the cuts, calling it the “App Store Small Business Program,” as a way for smaller developers to “continue to work to innovate and thrive during a period of unprecedented global economic challenge.
In its email to developers, Apple said that if a developer exceeds the $ 1 million threshold sometime in 2021, the standard 30 percent rate will apply the rest of the year.
But the new pricing structure comes when Apple is accused by developers and politicians of exercising monopoly power over its App Store, which is the only way to get software on their iPhones and iPads.