{
  "id": 1701638,
  "title": "Apple admits it may not make any commission from alternative app stores",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/apple-admits-it-may-not-make-any-commission-from-alternative-app",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T11:30:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/18/apple-admits-it-may-not-make-any-commission-from-alternative-app-stores/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple has been fighting hard to ensure that it is still able to take a commission from app sales made through third-party stores. Its aggression in doing this landed it in hot water with the judge in the long-running Epic Games case. The company has since submitted a proposal for a more toned down version with lower commissions , but it has admitted in new regulatory filings that it may not make…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}