Investors are backing app developers asking the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to take action against Apple and Google over 30% commission on in-house purchases.
Submissions to the the ACCC’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry - examining apps and Big Tech and due to be published in March 2021 - show an anger towards “inequitable” fees.
While Apple and Google say they allow wider competition that means consumers are better off, it’s not a view shared by one of Australia’s leading app developers.
Elegant Media co-founder Anushka Bandara, whose firm has built 1,000s of apps over the past decade, says developers are fed and wants the Australian government to act on the “gouging”.
Even charity apps where there is a payment gateway are not immune to having to pay the large commission, says Anushka, whose clients include government departments as well as small and large businesses.
“Many people may not be aware,…