Apple's Small Business Program dates back to 2016, says Phil SchillerSchiller also said the Epic Games lawsuit "helped me get it done" but wasn't the reason for the program.
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Apple announced its App Store Small Business Program last year.
Phil Schiller has told the court in the Epic Games trial that work on the program started in 2016.
He says that the number one reason for the rollout was the pandemic, but that the lawsuit did help him get it done.
Apple fellow Phil Schiller has told the court in the Epic Games trial that work on Apple's App Store Small Business Program began in 2016, and that the primary reason for its rollout last year was the pandemic.
Epic's arguments against the App Store and the iOS ecosystem closed on Monday, at which point Apple called Schiller to the stand as its first witness. Schiller spoke about the launch of the iPhone in 2007, and the introduction of the App Store. Speaking about the App Store Small Business Program, Schiller told the court that the original work started in 2016, with the pr...
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Apple's Small Business Program dates back to 2016, says Phil Schiller
