A friend pointed me to this tweet earlier today:

Seems like great news for small independent app developers as their commission paid to Apple will be cut in half! That said, many claim this is just a gesture by Apple to appease critics.

As reported on The Verge, Epic and Spotify have released statements describing the move as "calculated", "divisive", "arbitrary", and "capricious".

Creator of Ruby on Rails, DHH commented:

So, what do you all think about this news? Are these cuts going to benefit you? How do you feel about the criticism?