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Great-Britain also investigating Apple App Store policies

Great-Britain also investigating Apple App Store policies

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in Britain has announced that it is launching an investigation into Apple's App Store policies. The competition authority is questioning Apple's requirements for app payments. In a message on the British government's website, the CMA says developers ar... Read more

date3 years ago
Dutch antitrust to soon decide on App Store commission

Dutch antitrust to soon decide on App Store commission

The Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) seems close to deciding on Apple's commission for purchases made through the App Store. This would make it the first antitrust commission to rule on the matter. This writes Reuters, which has seen an internal letter. The ACM... Read more

date3 years ago
Epic Games takes Apple legal dispute to EU antitrust watchdogs

Epic Games takes Apple legal dispute to EU antitrust watchdogs

The company that created Fortnite, Epic Games, is taking its fight with Apple to the European Union’s antitrust regulators, after attempts to make headway in a US court failed. The case was over a dispute involving Apple’s iPhone maker’s payment system in its App Store and control over apps d... Read more

date3 years ago

Zuckerberg: we need to inflict pain on Apple

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told people around him that he thinks Facebook needs to inflict pain on Apple. The two companies are embroiled in a battle over new privacy measures in the App Store. The quote comes from The Wall Street Journal, which quotes sources inside Facebook. Zuckerberg i... Read more

date3 years ago
Google apps on iOS haven’t been updated in months

Google apps on iOS haven’t been updated in months

Google has not released any updates for the vast majority of its apps on Apple's mobile operating system in months. Presumably, Google disagrees with the App Store's new privacy terms. The last updates for most of Google's apps on iOS were released before 8 December. This is a remarkably long ti... Read more

date3 years ago
‘Facebook wants to sue Apple for unfair App Store’

‘Facebook wants to sue Apple for unfair App Store’

Facebook is said to be preparing a lawsuit against Apple for engaging in unfair business practices in the App Store. Apple would also have closed down their mobile operating system too much. The Information writes that Facebook wants to sue Apple for several reasons. For instance, Facebook compl... Read more

date3 years ago
Why hasn’t Google updated its iOS apps since early December

Why hasn’t Google updated its iOS apps since early December

Observers believe it is because of Apple's requirement for privacy "nutrition labels". Last month, Apple introduced a new standardized privacy certification requirement in the App Store. The policy requires all apps to inform users about some of the data types that apps may collect. Apple told d... Read more

date3 years ago
Developers starting to see lower App Store commissions

Developers starting to see lower App Store commissions

The first developers are getting the benefits of the Apple Small Business Program. Developers with low App Store revenues now have to pay a lower commission to Apple. Developer Aditya Rajveer of Marvis App noticed that for every purchase of his 5.99 dollar app he received 5.09 dollar from Apple.... Read more

date3 years ago
Apple brings privacy information for apps on all its app stores

Apple brings privacy information for apps on all its app stores

Apple now requires developers to answer a questionnaire as part of submitting an app or update in app stores across iOS, macOS, iPad, tvOS, and watchOS. Cupertino is currently relying on trust between developers and the company to receive direct reports on their apps' permissions and actions. Cu... Read more

date3 years ago
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