2026-02-11
Today the @CMAgovUK announced it is seeking views on voluntary commitments from Apple and Google following their Strategic Market Status designation. CAF is concerned this relies on voluntary compliance and defers action on steering, the issue most affecting prices and choice.
Bloomberg
The UK CMA says Apple and Google committed to making app store changes to ensure fairness to developers and consumers, and asks market players for their views
2026-02-10
Today the @CMAgovUK announced it is seeking views on voluntary commitments from Apple and Google following their Strategic Market Status designation. CAF is concerned this relies on voluntary compliance and defers action on steering, the issue most affecting prices and choice.
Bloomberg
The UK CMA says Apple and Google committed to making app store changes to ensure fairness to developers and consumers, and asks market players for their views
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google committed to making app stores changes to ensure fairness to developers and consumers …
2025-06-26
We commend @MarshaBlackburn @SenBlumenthal for introducing the Open App Markets Act, which will: 🔓Unlock app stores 📉Reduce prices w/ more competition 🚫Ban anti-competitive practices We thank these Senators for their enduring leadership and urge swift passage.
AppleInsider
US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to try to break Apple's and Google's app store dominance; the 2021 version never came up for a vote
Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan “Open App Markets Act” …
2024-06-13
Japan's new law is a game-changer for developers and consumers. Strong enforcement will break @Apple's and @Google's stranglehold over the mobile app market, which will directly benefit Japanese developers and consumers. Read CAF's full statement: https://appfairness.org/... [image]
Kyodo News
Japan passes a law that prohibits Apple and Google from preventing the sale of third-party apps and services that compete with native iOS and Android offerings
Japan's parliament enacted Wednesday a law to promote competition in smartphone app stores by restricting tech giants Apple Inc …
2024-05-24
Today the @UK_Parliament took a major step toward creating a free, fair, and competitive mobile app ecosystem for UK consumers and developers with the passage of the #DMCC Bill. We applaud the MPs who worked to pass the Bill and look forward to strong enforcement from @CMAgovUK.
TechCrunch
A bill strengthening the UK Competition and Markets Authority to regulate tech giants like Apple and Google heads toward approval before the UK's July election
https://techcrunch.com/... Wouldn't have happened if not for the continuing efforts of @owa and in-kind contributions from Apple's legal team. Nothing pulls people together like ...
2024-03-09
Kudos to the @EU_Commission on the reinstatement of Epic's developer account. This is a good indicator that strong enforcement of the DMA is on the way. And it is needed! The ‘compliance’ plans from Apple and Google run absurdly counter to the letter and intent of the law.
9to5Mac
Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry
again Epic Games : Apple Reinstates Epic Developer Account After Public Backlash for Retaliation Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : Apple relents, reinstates Epic Games developer account Mar...
2024-03-07
.@Apple terminated @EpicGames' developer account the same week the DMA is set to go into effect. This egregious move is clearly intended to scare & deter ALL developers from criticizing @Apple's anticompetitive practices and trying to compete. Learn more: https://appfairness.org/... [image]
The Verge
Epic says Apple removed its iOS developer account, hampering its app store plans, and shares a letter from Apple lawyers calling Epic “verifiably untrustworthy”
.@Apple terminated @EpicGames' developer account the same week the DMA is set to go into effect. This egregious move is clearly intended to scare & deter ALL developers from criticizing @Apple's anticompetitive practices and trying to compete. Learn more: https://appfairness.org/... [image]
Bloomberg
The EU confirms requesting further explanations from Apple over removing Epic's developer account under the DMA, and is examining if Apple broke any other rules
- Epic Games barred by Apple from opening own iPhone app store — EU says it is looking to see if firm has broken new tech law
2024-01-26
Apple clearly has no intention to comply with the DMA... Apple's ‘plan’ is a shameless insult to the European Commission and the millions of European consumers they represent - it must not stand and should be rejected by the Commission. @RVMky: [image]
9to5Mac
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's “anticompetitive scheme rife with new junk fees” is illegal under the EU's DMA and an example of “malicious compliance”
or 20% of your sales I will never launch an app in Europe. [image] Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : Yes, Apple did. Because this scheme worked out so well for John Riccitiello. @dhh...
2024-01-25
Thanks to the Digital Markets Act, European consumers will soon have a better, easier experience in the mobile app ecosystem.
The Verge
Ahead of the EU's DMA, Spotify shares iOS app mockups with full in-app payments, rolling out in part on March 7; Apple hasn't yet shared its changes for the DMA
2023-01-12
.@POTUS is exactly right: Congress needs to pass legislation to help put an end to Big Tech monopolists abuse of consumers and small businesses. https://www.wsj.com/...
TechCrunch
Apple launches Apple Business Connect, letting US business owners update and manage their information for Apple Maps, a feature Google Maps has had since 2005
2022-10-28
Just one month after @Spotify launched an audiobook store, @Apple has already engaged in their typical anticompetitive behavior. By leveraging their monopoly on the @AppStore, Apple is making it more difficult for authors to connect with Spotify's millions of users. Read more: https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Spotify updates its iOS app to remove audiobook purchasing instructions, replaced with a message saying “it's not ideal”, to comply with Apple's App Store rules
2022-06-12
The @CMAgovUK's report concludes that @Apple and @Google's ‘tight grip’ on app stores means that consumers are more likely to miss out on new innovations, have less choice, and face higher prices. More, here: https://appfairness.org/... #OpenTheAppStores
GOV.UK
The UK's CMA plans a market investigation into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions via its App Store alongside Apple and Google's market power in mobile browsers
2022-06-11
The @CMAgovUK's report concludes that @Apple and @Google's ‘tight grip’ on app stores means that consumers are more likely to miss out on new innovations, have less choice, and face higher prices. More, here: https://appfairness.org/... #OpenTheAppStores
GOV.UK
The UK's CMA plans a market investigation into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions via its App Store alongside Apple and Google's market power in mobile browsers
see the ongoing wrangles with Meta over Giphy @privacymatters : 1/ The @CMAgovUK has published its final report into the ‘Mobile ecosystems market study’ https://assets.publishing....
2022-02-04
.@Apple's letter to Senate Judiciary Members is nothing but seven pages of scare tactics intended to avoid fair competition. Members of the committee won't be fooled. Here's a reality check on Apple's false security claims: https://appfairness.org/... #OpenAppMarketsAct
MacRumors
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Open App Markets Act, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems
in the face of millions in Big Tech lobbying and assaults from all the think tanks they pay — would have been unimaginable three years ago. Probably even two years ago. You love to...
2021-12-27
“Today's Rotterdam Court ruling confirms that the ACM was right to find that the obligation imposed by Apple on dating app developers to use its in-app payment system (IAP) breaches EU and Dutch competition law.” Read our full statement: https://appfairness.org/...
Reuters
Dutch antitrust regulator orders Apple to let dating apps in the App Store offer alternative payment systems by January 15 or face up to a €50M fine
company has been part of a growing coalition anti app store-practices. South Korea was another win for them, as we reported in November: https://pro.politico.eu/... https://twitter...
2021-12-26
“Today's Rotterdam Court ruling confirms that the ACM was right to find that the obligation imposed by Apple on dating app developers to use its in-app payment system (IAP) breaches EU and Dutch competition law.” Read our full statement: https://appfairness.org/...
Reuters
Dutch antitrust regulator orders Apple to let dating apps in the App Store offer alternative payment systems by January 15 or face up to a €50M fine
The Netherlands' top competition regulator on Friday said Apple Inc (AAPL.O) broke the country's competition laws and ordered changes …
2021-12-25
“Today's Rotterdam Court ruling confirms that the ACM was right to find that the obligation imposed by Apple on dating app developers to use its in-app payment system (IAP) breaches EU and Dutch competition law.” Read our full statement: https://appfairness.org/...
Reuters
Dutch antitrust regulator orders Apple to let dating apps in the App Store offer alternative payment systems by January 15 or face up to a €50M fine
The Netherlands' top competition regulator on Friday said Apple Inc (AAPL.O) broke the country's competition laws and ordered changes …
2021-12-15
CAF welcomes the @CMAgovUK interim report on mobile ecosystems. Provisional findings stress consumers & developers are losing out because of dominant platforms' “duopoly” and their vice-like grip on payments and app distribution. Time to #OpenTheAppStores to fair competition🔓 https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action
The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform … Source: GOV.UK and GOV.UK .
2021-12-12
“Those close to CAF say there's more work to do, but the victories they have already racked up have emboldened members to continue speaking out in the hopes that they can have more of a say in the future of competition.” @BenBrodyDC w latest in antitrust: https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Protocol
Profile of the Coalition for App Fairness, a group launched by Epic, Spotify, Tile, Match Group, and others to fight Google and Apple's app store policies
Ben Brody / Protocol :