apple settlement app developers mean means apple said made john r major yielding closer examination suggests tech giant app makers attorney big jim new york timespublished said thursday arrive at legal settlement app developers accuse abusing keep in line settlement lawsuit coordination compound various people tech industry widely different reactions apple multitude sued compose stack major grant apple victory developers malus pumila critics including companionship pay millions dollars app fees called sham trivial vary apples control explanation settlement controversy courts regulators lawgiver developers scrutinizing apples practice collecting commission pct cutrate sale companies app store business generates according estimates nearly billion yr companies reach customers apps dont want pay apple hefty cut more and more oppose change rules apple argues commission rewards creating economic miracle app store fighting keep status dollars stake one consequential fights power big apple give settlement much concord keep commission rates flat three years continue base search results app store objective characteristics like downloads user ratings also three granular level said let developers sell apps different price points instance app could charge rather subscription agreed create one thousand thousand stock small app developers later receiving attention clarification apples rules accompany send email customers telling ways pay off iphone ipad significant apple says appears minor variety set rules center complaints apple controls app forces companies use payment system inside iphone apps enables collect commission sales companies would choose direct customers elsewhere complete transactions avoid apples fees apple also generally bars companies assure customer pay long banned steering also banned companies even using emails tell client ways salary company got client email addresses iphone apple saying ok companies send emails companies get customers permission companies appear already partly plunder apples rules avoid apples commission euphony service spotify representative doesnt allow people sign subscription iphone app stockstill someone creates free account app spotify emails link website advertises make up accounts though email doesnt explicitly tell users circumvent apples apple spokesman said companies including spotify complained years apples restrictions netmail certain reaction tentative praise lawmakers proposed legislation vary app stash away rules senator richard blumenthal connecticut democrat said twitter settlement marks significant step forward rectify full vivid range market abuses practices still widespread across app biggest praise came app association organization claim give voice small technology caller funded big engineering science caller including apple members need apple continue lead privacy security safety preserve trust consumers platforms grouping companies pay apples commission kind coalition app candor mathematical group firms fighting apples predominate said settlement nothing address structural foundational problems facing developer large minor undermine innovation competition app ecosystem group added apples restrictions companies could say private communications customers illustrated orchard apple tree inappropriate control app heinemeier hansson entrepreneur app developer outspoken critic apples rules said post friday opening narrow route companies steer customers toward payment options gives apple covering fire defend ban communication places count like transaction page developer community hopes riding lawsuit outcome would dagger heart far worse suit undertaken wrote anything settlement cements howling power apple wields even lawsuit gets