Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, the executive in charge of leading the App Store, testified in court on Monday that he had originally raised concerns about

Apple Fellow Phil Schiller testified in court on Monday that he initially opposed the 27% commission Apple now charges on purchases made outside

Apple Inc. believed there was a “significant” risk it would fail to comply with a court order to allow mobile app developers to steer customers to payment methods outside the company’s App Store when it added a new commission for those purchases,

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Monday conceded he initially opposed fees that the iPhone maker charges for in app-transactions processed outside its own payment system because he feared violating a court-ordered mandate designed to create more competition.

Two Apple executives and three other senior Apple employees are expected to testify in California federal court next week, as a judge reconvenes a hearing into claims that the iPhone maker violated her order to allow more competition in its lucrative App Store.

On Monday, while testifying in a court hearing related to the ongoing Apple vs Epic legal battle, Apple executive Phil Schiller recounted his concerns regarding the fees Apple imposes on purchases made outside the App Store.

If you use an iPhone, there is some important news for you. Apple has made a significant move since the launch of the App Store by removing 135,000 apps from the platform. The company had set a deadline of February 17 for these apps to comply with its guidelines.

Schiller wasn’t sure if Apple would be allowed to charge a fee for in-app purchases made through alternative payment methods following Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’s Epic v. Apple ruling, according to the Associated Press.

For instance, the company had to allow sideloading in the EU, while it also changed its guidelines to let developers link to external payment methods – as long as they still pay Apple a commission. But according to Apple Fellow Phil Schiller,