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July 30, 2020 04:44 pm

Documents show Apple gave Amazon special treatment to get Prime Video into App Store




Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

During a hearing before the House antitrust subcommittee on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook testified that “we apply the rules to all developers evenly” when it comes to the App Store. But documents revealed by the subcommittee’s investigation show Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue offered Amazon a unique deal in 2016: Apple would only take a 15 percent fee on subscriptions that signed up through the app, compared to the standard 30 percent that most developers must hand over.


An email from Cue to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos lists the terms negotiated:






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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348108/apple-amazon-prime-video-app-store-special-treatment-fee-subscriptions

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