24.04.2013 14:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple has paid out $9 billion to developers; App Store downloads reach 45 billion

Apple's earnings conference calls are typically brimming with interesting tidbits regarding Apple's operations, and Tuesday's was no different. Apple announced that it has, to date, paid out more than $9 billion to developers. To put that figure into context, let's take a quick look at just how much Apple's payments to developers have risen since the App Store first opened. Tim Cook noted in February that Apple had paid out $8 billion to developers. In June 2012, Apple announced that they had paid developers $5 billion. Going back further, Apple's first $1 billion payout to developers was reached in June 2010. Seeing

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