Judge says Apple can't revoke Unreal Engine dev tools, asks 'Where does the 30 per cent come from?'
Found on The Register on Tuesday, 25 August 2020
A federal US judge questioned why Apple takes a 30 per cent slice of developer revenues as she ruled that while Apple cannot cut off Epic's access to iOS Unreal Engine development tools, she would not order the company to allow Fortnite to return to the App Store.
The judge reportedly asked Apple lawyer Richard Doren at the Zoom hearing yesterday: "The question is, without competition: where does the 30 per cent (App Store commission) come from? Why isn't it 10? 20? How is the consumer benefiting?"
It's 30 percent because Apple was able to get away with that so far.