As Epic fight puts all eyes on App Store revenue, Apple offers numbers that aim much larger

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After keeping actual App Store figures from public view during antitrust trial, researchers paid by Apple report that App Store 'facilitated' sales of more than $600 billion in 2020 and avoid any ...

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Derrick0359
2021-06-03
Derrick0359
Apple looks exciting with the newly developed IOS system
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