Apple admits it may not make any commission from alternative app stores

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https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Apple has been fighting hard to ensure that it is still able to take a commission from https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">app sales made through third-party stores.

Its aggression in doing this landed it in hot water with the judge in the long-running https://9to5mac.com/guides/epic-games/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Epic Games case.

The company has since submitted a proposal for a more toned down version with https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/13/apple-proposes-commissions-of-up-to-15-for-off-app-store-purchases-in-the-us/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">lower commissions, but it has admitted in new regulatory filings that it may not make any commission at all from these sales …