
To avoid this, some developers have tried to redirect customers outside the App Store. That means if you sell your app or any other features within the app, Apple gets a cut of it. While the App Store certainly provides an amazing portal for developers, the one downside is that Apple takes a 30 percent cut of anything sold on the platform. This has been a long-standing issue with the App Store, with many becoming¿ more vocal about it over the past few years. While a clear reason wasn't provided at the time, many speculated that it had to do with how Apple takes a percentage of anything sold through its App Store.

When he's not writing, you'll probably find him hitting the gym, trying to ace a new hobby, reading his textbooks, or traveling.Although it launched the service in the US in September, it pulled the service from the app a month later. In addition to his role at AP, Arol is also a staff writer for sister site MakeUseOf, where he writes mostly about computing. You'll normally find him covering news, although he has also written the occasional deal, buyer's guide, how-to post, and round-up. While he's a technology lover at heart, he holds Android phones, and smartphones in general, close to heart. Arol brings half a decade of writing experience, and the occasional hot take, to his writings. He transitioned to a news and feature writer role at XDA Developers that same year, where he worked until 2021 before making the jump to AP.

Years later, in 2017, he got his true start in tech journalism working for a small Google-focused site called Pixel Spot. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum Emudesc in 2013. Arol is a tech journalist and contributor at Android Police.
