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featuring three of the most talked-about tech headlines, starts now.

Just ahead of its worldwide developers conference next month,

Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Store's financial success.

You see, the company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024, a figure that's nearly tripled in size since 2019, when it then

generated $142 billion. Apple also made a point to note that for 90% of the billings and sales

facilitated by the App Store, developers paid no commission. You hear that, Epic Games?

Now, the new figures come from an Apple-funded study

conducted by Professor Andre Frotkin from Boston University, Questrum School of Business and

Economist Dr. Jessica Burley from Analysis Group. In particular, these studies have stressed that

only a small sliver of Apple's developer base even pays Apple commissions,

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