Apple CEO Tim Cook questioned on App store policies; claims 'we treat all developers same'

Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Apple Tim Cook was questioned about company's App Store policies during  antitrust hearing by United States Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee held on Wednesday. During hearing, Cook claimed that his company 'treats all developers same'.

However, company has faced severe allegations regarding hidden App Store practices and commissions as much as 30 percent. Developers also accused Apple of making App Store rules unavailable and changing m as per company's convenience.  Developers furr accused  company of enforcing rules that benefit company. y also revealed that Apple discriminates between larger and smaller app developers.

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'Apple Treats All Developers Same'

Defending developer's allegations at hearing, Tim Cook said that Apple treats all developers same with 'transparent rules'. He also ded that company deeply cares about privacy and that all rules apply equally to each developer. Furrmore, he also maintained that Apple does t involve itself in any favoritism, wher developers are large or small. He furr went on to say that Apple does t retaliate or bully developers who do t agree to App Store guidelines as it's strongly against company culture. 

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When questioned about reasons why Apple wasn't increasing its App Store commissions and fees, Cook said that re is a competition to attract both from developer standpoint and  customers. Apple CEO also mentioned that commission for subscriptions is 30 percent in first year and 15 percent in following year.

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About Antitrust hearing

Apart from Tim Cook, three more Big Tech CEOs-Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and  Google's Sundar Pichai faced US Congress antitrust hearing. According to reports, four CEOs faced US lawmakers virtually in Washington and answered questions involving accusations, data scoop, and unfair market vant. Critics have accused  companies of becoming powerful by gobbling up scores of rivals, stifling competition and invation, and raising prices for consumers.

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