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Crypto payments at checkout are expanding mainly through invisible stablecoin settlement rather than customer-facing crypto spends.

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• EU overhaul: Apple introduced 5% core tech fee for third-party stores and 15% for external links to resolve DMA issues.
• Financial pressure: App...

96% of game studios now run or plan a D2C web store, with adoption driven by brand control, first-party data, and post-Epic rulings that boosted...

• Developers gain flexibility with Apple In-App Purchase, in-app alternative processors, or out-of-app offers starting October 1, 2026.
• Any chosen...

Stripe president predicts checkout pages "will just go away" as agentic AI enables seamless machine-to-machine purchases, with tools like Link already...

• 75% of top-grossing mobile games operate web stores, up from 12% in 2019
• Nearly half of gamers buy direct annually, 27% repeatedly, across mobile...

Xsolla's founding partnership with AccelByte combines backend services like player management and matchmaking with its global payments platform,...

• Per-install Core Technology Fee replaced by flat 5% commission on digital sales for apps outside the App Store, effective October 1.
• App Store...

Apple's EU App Store settlement and German ATT ruling show parallel DMA pressures on payments and interface design.

• Settlement cuts App Store fees...

• Apple unifies business terms for all EU app developers effective October 1, replacing the Core Technology Fee with a 5% Core Technology Commission...

Apple ends its Core Technology Fee and replaces it with a flat 5% Core Technology Commission on all EU digital transactions.

New commission rates:
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Apple replaced its complex EU fee structure with a flat 5% commission on digital goods sold outside the App Store or on the web, while cutting...

Apple is replacing its Core Technology Fee with a simplified 5% Core Technology Commission on digital transactions outside the App Store, effective...

Apple updated App Store terms for EU developers, replacing the Core Technology Fee with a new 5% commission on external distribution while adjusting...

Apple's new single EU framework replaces the split model with lower commissions and ends the Core Technology Fee, directly easing app store economics...

Apple is replacing the Core Technology Fee with a flat 5% Core Technology Commission for apps distributed outside the App Store. New rates include...

Fungies.io offers publishers a drag-and-drop web store to sell IAPs, subscriptions, and bundles directly, avoiding the 30% app store cut.

• Cost: 5%...

Apple is consolidating to one set of EU business terms from October 1, swapping its criticized per-install fees for a flat 5% commission on digital...

Apple is updating its EU App Store rules to settle Commission disputes, shifting all developers to unified terms.

Key changes include:

• 26%...

Apple's new EU fee structure charges third-party app stores just 5% on in-app purchases while App Store apps pay 15-26% depending on payment method, a direct response to DMA pressure that takes effect October 1.