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Kosta Eleftheriou

@keleftheriou
200 posts
2025-06-28
Apple explaining their new tax structure for app developers: [Explaining conspiracy meme gif from “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"]
2025-06-28 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission

• developers can now link to promotions beyond their website without limits on URLs or UI  —  • users can now opt out of seeing the “scare sheet” that warns users about purchasing ...

2025-06-27
Apple explaining their new tax structure for app developers: [Explaining conspiracy meme gif from “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"]
2025-06-27 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission

Apple has announced several major changes to its App Store guidelines in the European Union as part of its ongoing efforts to comply with the Digital Markets Act.

2025-05-18
Apple told Epic it should submit Fortnite for the US through their Swedish account, and Epic did just that. Then Apple changed their mind and said they would not review it until the court ruled. Apple keeps choosing poorly. [image]
2025-05-18 View on X
9to5Mac

Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court

I'm guessing that even if YGR sides with Epic, Apple could get that overriden on appeal, and Fortnite won't be returning to the App Store anytime soon. … X: @epicnewsroom : Yesterd...

Apple: “If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps.” [image]
2025-05-18 View on X
9to5Mac

Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court

I'm guessing that even if YGR sides with Epic, Apple could get that overriden on appeal, and Fortnite won't be returning to the App Store anytime soon. … X: @epicnewsroom : Yesterd...

2025-05-17
Why exactly would including the US storefront “impact Fortnite in other geographies”?
2025-05-17 View on X
9to5Mac

Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court

As reported by Mark Gurman, Epic's petition reads: … In the document, Epic also makes a point to mention Tim Cook's testimony at trial, in which he said:

Why exactly would including the US storefront “impact Fortnite in other geographies”?
2025-05-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple denies removing Fortnite from alternative marketplaces in the EU and says it asked Epic Sweden to resubmit the app update excluding the US App Store

I'm guessing that even if YGR sides with Epic, Apple could get that overriden on appeal, and Fortnite won't be returning to the App Store anytime soon. … Jeff Johnson / @lapcatsoft...

2025-05-15
Turns out this is real, and the link points to this App Store page: [image]
2025-05-15 View on X
The Verge

Apple adds red exclamation mark warnings on EU App Store listings for apps using third-party payment systems, not Apple's “private and secure payment system”

Apple suggests that users are putting themselves at risk by using third-party alternatives.

I'm hesitant to believe this. The copy seems sloppy, and I was under the impression that Apple can still require their own payment system, however obscure its placement is.
2025-05-15 View on X
The Verge

Apple adds red exclamation mark warnings on EU App Store listings for apps using third-party payment systems, not Apple's “private and secure payment system”

Apple suggests that users are putting themselves at risk by using third-party alternatives.

2025-05-01
Apple utterly failed to read the courtroom, and snatched defeat from the jaws of their earlier victory. You reap what you sow.
2025-05-01 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge rules that Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to third-party payment options, and refers the case for a criminal investigation

Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling.

2024-05-15
“down from the $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions Apple reported preventing in 2022” So... is Apple getting worse at finding fraud on its App Store?
2024-05-15 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple says it prevented $7B+ in “potentially fraudulent transactions” on the App Store from 2020 through 2023, including $1.8B+ in 2023, down from $2B+ in 2022

2024-05-12
“OpenAI spends about 12 cents for each word that ChatGPT generates because of cloud computing costs.” @trippmickle @bxchen @CadeMetz this is wildly off, by several orders of magnitude!
2024-05-12 View on X
New York Times

Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated

here's the key upgrades Adam Davidson / Pocket-lint : Siri is outdated, but a better version might be coming The Economic Times : iOS 18: Your iPhone may soon have ChatGPT Griffin ...

2024-05-11
“OpenAI spends about 12 cents for each word that ChatGPT generates because of cloud computing costs.” @trippmickle @bxchen @CadeMetz this is wildly off, by several orders of magnitude!
2024-05-11 View on X
New York Times

Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated

Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company's most significant reorganization in a decade.

2024-05-03
Imagine having to pay Apple money to install an app on your Mac from some website.
2024-05-03 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple adds carveouts to its EU core tech fee, exempting free app developers and giving those with annual global revenue under €10M a three-year “free on-ramp”

2024-03-09
Now that Apple's Phil Schiller has verifiably embarrassed himself... Why should we trust Apple to run the only App Store outside of the EU?
2024-03-09 View on X
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
Epic's past actions did not threaten “the security and privacy of users”, nor did they ever “threaten the integrity of the iOS platform”. The only thing ever threatened was Apple's monopoly rent-seeking.
2024-03-07 View on X
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's DMA fines are going to be Epic
2024-03-07 View on X
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

Unreal. At this point it seems like Apple is trying their best to trigger the wrath of the EU.
2024-03-07 View on X
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's devious & malicious DMA compliance plan is a hot garbage horror show with junk fees and Apple taxes. There, I said it. Will Apple terminate my account too, now? [image]
2024-03-07 View on X
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's DMA fines are going to be Epic
2024-03-07 View on X
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's devious & malicious DMA compliance plan is a hot garbage horror show with junk fees and Apple taxes. There, I said it. Will Apple terminate my account too, now? [image]
2024-03-07 View on X
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