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Economics

Apple and Google Face Growing Revolt Over App Store ‘Tax’

  • Backlash and workarounds begin to worry Wall Street analyst
  • ‘Middlemen distributors’ no longer required, Epic Games says

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A backlash against the app stores of Apple Inc. and Google is gaining steam, with a growing number of companies saying the tech giants are collecting too high a tax for connecting consumers to developers’ wares.

Netflix Inc. and video game makers Epic Games Inc. and Valve Corp. are among companies that have recently tried to bypass the app stores or complained about the cost of the tolls Apple and Google charge.