Apple settles with a Brazilian regulator to allow alternative app stores; report: Apple will charge a 5% fee for alt app stores and 15% on App Store link-outs
Brazilian regulators have approved a settlement that will require Apple to change how the App Store operates on iPhone in the country …
Apple makes iOS changes in Japan to comply with local laws, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls
Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18.
In its Epic settlement, Google proposes lowering app store fees globally, a program to let alternative app stores become first-class Android citizens, and more
Instead of breaking Google's app store, Google will let them in. … He issued a permanent injunction that will force Google …
Open-source Android app store F-Droid says Google's new requirement for all Android developers to verify their identity threatens to kill alternative app stores
Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks …
Apple plans to allow alt app stores and browser engines on iPads in the EU with iPadOS 18 on September 16, after the EU added iPadOS to the DMA in April 2024
Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App Store and through alternative distribution” — https://developer.apple.com/ ... A real clipboard manager on my iPad, let's go 🚀 X: @benlovejoy : G...
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
Apple can go to hell — [images] @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net : The Epic Cost of Tim Sweeney's App Store Disputes with Apple and Google https://www.macstories.net/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @...
Developers say Apple is denying or delaying notarization of iOS apps, including emulators, for alternative app stores in EU, possibly in violation of DMA rules
https://litchie.com/... #retrogaming @eduo@mastodon.social : @atpfm I noticed you discussed UTM being rejected not only from the App Store but from all “marketplaces” (which theoretically was not sup...
iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50/year with two apps: game emulator Delta, which is also live on the App Store, and clipboard manager Clip
but you'll need a controller for the best experience David Nield / TechRadar : The first third-party iOS app store is live in the EU - and another Nintendo emulator just showed up M.G. Siegler / Spygl...
The EU opens formal DMA probes into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over its “pay or consent” model
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple's plans, otherwise Apple wouldn't have announced them” — The EU: “Hang on a minute...” https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Penfrat / @ilumium@eupolicy.social :...
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ CNBC : DO...