The costs, if embraced, would likewise require app sellers to pay a 3rd of their commissions to a special training fund for IT professionals on a quarterly basis.
“Lowering the commission and having the ability to bring items to users is a development chance for IT developers,” Tumusov composed on social networks.
The news comes as app makers, including Epic Games, have actually challenged Apples and Googles right to take a large commission on their sales.
Last week a U.S. federal judge blocked Apple Inc from closing down an Epic Games tool that is trusted by hundreds of other app makers however had actually become the topic of an antitrust fight in between the companies.
Russias anti-monopoly service last month implicated Apple of having actually abused its dominant position on the mobile apps market through its App Store. It required that the company put right its offenses.
Apple at the time said it would appeal the decision.
By Nadezhda Tsydenova
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian legislator submitted draft legislation on Tuesday that would top the commission and cut on the sale of mobile applications by tech giants Apple and Google.
The costs, sent to Russias lower home of parliament by legislator Fedot Tumusov, states that commissions on the sale of applications be topped at 20%. Apple presently gathers a 30% commission on sales in its App Store.
