App Store builders have earned greater than $260 billion for the reason that retailer launched in 2008, according to a Monday press release from Apple. Apple stated last January that builders had earned greater than $200 billion for the reason that launch of the App Store, so the brand new determine shared Monday signifies builders earned $60 billion in 2021. The iPhone maker additionally stated that spending on the App Store between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve in 2021 grew by a double-digit quantity, although it didn’t specify precisely what that quantity is likely to be.

While the brand new numbers recommend that the App Store continues to be an enormous moneymaker, developer unhappiness with the shop is excessive on the present second. Many builders have taken challenge with what they see as restrictive retailer insurance policies, notably the 30 p.c reduce Apple takes from many transactions. Apple continues to be embroiled in a authorized dispute with Fortnite-maker Epic Games over the App Store, and though Apple arguably obtained off nicely from the Epic Games v. Apple ruling, that ruling has been placed on maintain, that means Apple received’t need to let builders level clients to different cost methods outdoors the App Store for the second.

Monday’s press launch additionally revealed that there are greater than 745 million paid subscriptions to Apple companies. In current years, Apple has added new premium companies like News Plus, Fitness Plus, and Apple TV Plus to its roster of companies choices. The technique appears to be paying off, given the variety of subscriptions reported Monday and the brand new all-time excessive for companies income reported in the course of the firm’s newest earnings.