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.
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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.
Apple issues weak response to Spotify’s claims of discrimination
Apple presented its side of the dispute with Spotify, claiming it is treating the latter equally as other apps and it is reasonable to charge 30% of premium payment to apps.
Apple finds the water is warming up in App Store legal battle
Apple has found itself in court once again, but Qualcomm is no-where to be seen. Instead, a few of its loyal iLifers are challenging the firm over whether the App Store is an illegal monopoly.
Court rules Apple can be sued over App Store monopoly
Apple’s insistence that its devices only support apps sold directly through its app store is potentially monopolistic, a US appeals court has concluded.
China is in the middle of an app frenzy
New data from App Annie shows China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest source of iOS app store revenue.
Google Play will be added to Chrome OS as Chromebooks overtake Macs in the US
US internet giant Google is set to bring its Android and Chrome platforms closer together with the addition of the Google Play store to Chrome OS later this year.
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