Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Calls Apple’s App Store a ‘Disservice to Developers’

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called Apple’s App Store, which has helped app makers earn over $260 billion since its launch, a “disservice to developers” that forces them to treat their apps as “sub-par.” Sweeney made the comments in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times, where he repeated ‌Epic Games‌’ previous talking points […]

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App Store, Apple autorise le nouvellement automatique des abonnements à des prix plus élevés sans le consentement de l’utilisateur

Apple est à l’origine d’une nouvelle règle dans l’App Store. Elle ne va pas être appréciée par la majorité des utilisateurs. De quoi s’agit-il ? La firme décide d’autoriser le renouvellement automatique des abonnements sans le consentement de l’utilisateur. L’opération peut se faire avec une augmentation de prix. Il existe de nombreuses applications qui nécessitent […]

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Apple Now Letting Developers Automatically Charge for Some Subscription Price Increases

Apple today informed developers that it is implementing a new subscription feature that will allow customers to be charged automatically when an app’s subscription price goes up, which is not the way that subscriptions work at the current time. Right now, customers must explicitly agree to a pricing change when the cost of a subscription […]

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Apple’s Internal Data Shows Many iOS 15 Users Turn Off Personalized Ads With Minimal Impact on App Store Search Ads

Starting with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple introduced a new “Personalized Ads” toggle during the setup process that makes it easier for users to turn off personalized ads in Apple apps such as the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks. In a presentation shared with advertisers, obtained by MacRumors, Apple cited internal data showing […]

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Apple Music is Sometimes Replacing Other Apps in the Dock When Installed From App Store

Apple Music appears to be affected by a bug that is causing the app to install itself directly into the dock when downloaded from the App Store, with the app even replacing other first and third-party apps located in the dock. There have been several complaints about the problem on Twitter from users who downloaded […]

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Elon Musk Says Apple’s 30% App Store Fee is ‘Literally 10 Times Higher Than It Should Be’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk today took to Twitter to once again criticize Apple’s App Store fees, calling the cut that Apple takes from developers “definitely not ok” and likening it to a “30% tax on the internet.” He went on to say that the fee is “literally 10 times higher than it should be.” Apple […]

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Dutch Regulator Still Unsatisfied With Apple’s Rules Surrounding Dating Apps

The competition regulator in the Netherlands today announced that Apple’s rules surrounding Dutch dating apps remain insufficient. In a statement obtained by journalist Nando Kasteleijn, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said that while Apple eliminating its requirement for Dutch dating apps to create a separate app binary in order to accept alternative payments […]

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Apple Gives Developers More Time to Update ‘Outdated’ Apps Before Removal

Late last week, controversy erupted after Apple began notifying some developers that their apps that had not been updated in some time would be removed from the App Store as part of an “‌App Store‌ Improvements” project to clean up “outdated” apps. Many of the affected developers objected to Apple’s policy, noting that their apps […]

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Android : Google estime avoir empêché des milliards de téléchargements d’applications nuisibles

Google affirme avoir bloqué la publication de 1,2 million d’applications sur la boutique Google Play, lui permettant d’”empêcher des milliards d’installations nuisibles” sur les appareils Android. Si les examens du Play Store de Google ont souvent été considérés comme moins stricts que ceux de l’App Store d’Apple, Google a récemment fait de plus gros efforts […]

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Worldwide App Store Downloads Reached 8.6 Billion in Q1 2022

Worldwide App Store downloads grew 2.4 percent to hit 8.6 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to data shared today by Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch). Between the ‌App Store‌ and the Google Play store, there were 36.9 billion total app downloads, an increase of 1.4 percent. As there are far more Android users […]

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Apple Reminds Developers About $250 to $30K Payments From Apple Lawsuit Settlement

Apple today reminded developers that they can submit a claim for the Small Developer Assistance Fund, a pool of money that Apple is providing to developers as part of a $100 million class-action lawsuit settlement over its App Store policies. Apple has been accepting submissions since January, and is today reminding developers have until May […]

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Apple Music Down for Some Users

Apple Music is experiencing an outage at the current time, and according to Apple’s System Status page, some users may experience intermittent issues with the service. A number of Apple device owners are not able to use ‌Apple Music‌ at the current time, and there are many complaints on Twitter and other social networks about […]

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Apple Seemingly Removing ‘Outdated’ Apps From the App Store

Apple appears to be removing a large number of apps from the App Store that have not been updated for “a significant amount of time” (via The Verge). According to an “App Improvement Notice” email sent to affected developers, Apple is removing apps that have “not been updated in a significant amount of time” unless […]

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App Store Privacy Labels Mysteriously Disappear

As noted on Twitter, privacy labels for apps on the App Store on both iOS and macOS have mysteriously disappeared, and the reason remains unclear. All other functions of the ‌App Store‌ appear to remain online, and Apple’s system status page indicates no issues with any services at the time of writing. Apple’s ‌App Store‌ […]

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Leaked EU Document Could Spell Major Changes for App Store, Messages, FaceTime, Browsers, and Siri

A leaked version of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) indicates that Apple could be forced to make major changes to the App Store, Messages, FaceTime, third-party browsers, and Siri. According to a leaked working document intended to reflect the “final” version of the DMA, seen by MacRumors, the EU is planning to enact […]

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Apple toujours réfractaire aux boutiques tierces d’applications sur ses iPhone

Le directeur général d’Apple, Tim Cook, s’est insurgé contre les propositions de lois sur la concurrence qui obligeraient l’entreprise à autoriser le téléchargement d’applications à partir d’autres magasins d’applications, ce que l’on appelle le “sideloading”. Selon lui, cette pratique pourrait compromettre la sécurité. Tim Cook a profité de son discours au sommet de l’Association internationale […]

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Deliveries App Loses Functionality as Shipping Companies Refuse to Participate

Package tracking app Deliveries is losing functionality because shipping companies are not willing to provide the shipping data that the app needs to work, according to developer Mike Piontek. In a blog post penned earlier this week, Piontek said that Deliveries is no longer able to maintain the same service that it used to provide […]

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Apple-Commissioned Study Highlights Success of Third-Party Apps

Apple today shared a new App Store study that it commissioned from economists at Analysis Group, with the report highlighting the success of third-party developers on the App Store. The study comes as Apple is facing concerns about the prioritization and dominance of its apps on the ‌App Store‌ as well as regulatory pressure to […]

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iOS 15.5 Beta Adds Support for External Links Amid Upcoming Changes for Reader Apps

Apple has recently implemented several changes to the App Store that allow for outside payment options and linking to external websites for purchase purposes. As part of these changes, Apple in iOS 15.5 is adding support for and warnings about external purchases. Code for external purchase support was discovered by 9to5Mac in the iOS 15.5 […]

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