Spotify and friends complain to the EU about Apple again
A group of European digital economy stakeholders have written to the European Commission, urging it to belatedly act on claimed anticompetitive practices by Apple.
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UK government asks app firms to volunteer for new rules
The UK government is asking the app industry to sign up to a new voluntary code of practice which is supposed to bolster security and privacy requirements on all apps and app stores available in the UK.
Google bows to further anti-Russia pressure
US internet giant Google is blocking the download of paid apps from its Google Play store in Russia.
US inches closer to breaking the mobile app store duopoly
A piece of legislation that seeks to limit the amount of control Apple and Google have over their app stores has been approved by the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
Netherlands reportedly finds Apple app store rules to be anticompetitive
A Dutch antitrust authority has been looking into Apple’s policy of excluding all other payment systems and seems to have decided it needs changing.
Apple wins a Pyrrhic victory over Epic
In the long-running case over Apple’s right to prevent iOS apps circumventing its payment system a judge has ruled the company is not a monopoly in this context, just.
Apple placates Japan Fair Trade Commission with token app store concession
A five-year Japanese investigation into Apple’s app store practices has been resolved with a superficial tweak.
South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments
A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.
Apple opens its purse to settle developer class-action suit
Apple has agreed to loosen its grip on how mobile apps can be distributed and promised more transparency on app approval processes in a package to settle a class-action suit brought by app developers.
Arizona poised to upset the app store apple cart
Google and Apple use their app store duopoly to prevent developers from using any in-app payment methods other than their own. That’s anti-competitive.
The pressure mounts on Apple over its app store policies
Fortnite developer Epic is not letting up in its crusade against the ‘Apple tax’, opening a new front in Europe with a European Commission antitrust complaint.
Apple gets an easy PR win by reducing commission for some app makers
Gadget giant Apple takes 30% of everything spent on its app store, but it’s halving that rate for anyone who earns let than $1 million per year.
Australia is giving the Google/Apple smartphone duopoly a closer look
The Aussie competition authority thinks the ecosystem around mobile app stores, which is controlled entirely by just two companies, merits closer inspection.
Apple’s domineering approach is alienating its App Store partners
Apple’s increasingly inflexible and suffocating attitude towards its App Store partners means it’s rapidly running out of friends.
Apple finds itself on wrong side of Russia’s competition rules
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) has found Apple’s App Store is on the wrong side of antitrust rules, following a complaint from Kaspersky Lab.
Apple under increasing monopoly pressure over App Store
Gadget giant Apple has caused a controversy by rejecting a premium email app unless it charges for subscriptions through the App Store, thus giving Apple a 30% piece of the action.
Apple finds itself staring into the eye of a European antitrust storm
Otherwise known as Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition has been making life uncomfortable for Silicon Valley residents, and now its Apple’s turn.
Apple U-turns again to pull HK map app under pressure from Beijing
The iPhone maker took down the crowd-sourced app HKmap.live, favoured by the protesters in Hong Kong to track police movement, from its local App Store, after being blasted by China’s state media.
Supreme Court opens the legal floodgates on Apple
Apple is potentially on the verge of facing a tidal wave of lawsuits as the Supreme Court agrees the iLeader is allowed to be challenged on the potential abuse of power in the app economy.
Apple under more antitrust scrutiny in Europe
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an investigation into whether Apple is abusing its power through the App Store, favouring its own apps over rivals.
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