Apple and Google face app-store squeeze


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016

An Android mascot is seen in front of a displayed logo of Apple in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 5, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

NEW YORK: Apple and Google-owner Alphabet may be facing an app-store squeeze. 

The tech giants' dominance in smartphone operating systems has allowed them to take hefty 30% tolls on other people's apps sold in their online stores, but both are now cutting in half their take of proceeds from subscriptions. 

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