In recent months, Apple has been involved in a large number of controversies related to the commission of the 30% that remains of all transactions carried out in the App Store. Epic's case with Fortnite has only fanned the flames and brought it to the attention of many more people.
As he says Reuters, Apple is facing a new problem related to the App Store, this time not with a specific developer but against a Russian government legislator, a legislator who wants to reduce the App Store commission in the country to 20%, reducing it by a third.
Lawmaker Fedot Tumusov has introduced a bill in the lower house of the Russian parliament that stipulates that the sale of applications from both the App Store and the Play Store are reduced to 20%. But in addition, they will be forced to pay a third of their commissions to a special training fund for specialists in information technology
As if that were not enough, this bill will force owners of mobile operating systems to allow users to install alternative stores (something that is already possible on Android), so it would be a major problem for Apple, since it is the only official source to install applications on any iOS device.
At the moment we do not know when the European Union plans start the investigation for the different complaints that companies such as Spotify, Telegram or Rakuten have presented accusing Apple of a monopoly.
By the end of September the trial of Epic against Apple will be held a trial that could be the beginning of the end not only the 30% commission that Apple gets, but also the exclusivity of the App Store on devices managed by iOS.