Spotify, Epic Games, Deezer, Paddle, and several other developers and EU associations today sent a joint letter to the European Commission to complain about Apple’s “proposed scheme for compliance” with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The 34 companies and associations do not believe Apple’s plans “meet the law’s requirements.” Apple’s changes “disregard both the spirit […]
Read MoreApple’s surprise decision to bring RCS support to its Messages app for iPhone later this year was not a result of impending EU legislation, but an about-face caused by Chinese political pressure, claimed a report over the weekend. In November 2023, Apple announced that it planned to bring RCS (Rich Communication Services) support to Messages […]
Read MoreApple has failed to properly comply with a court order that requires non-App Store purchasing options be made available to third-party developers, Epic Games has told a judge (via Bloomberg). The Supreme Court earlier this month declined to hear separate requests from both Apple and Epic Games in their three-year-long lawsuit against each other regarding […]
Read MoreRecently, EU officials wrote to Elon Musk to remind him of his company’s legal obligations regarding the European Commission’s Digital Service Act. However, a person close to Elon Musk said that he would rather block X to the whole region and make the X app unavailable for Europeans than comply with the rules. The latest […]
Read MoreApple in iOS 17 will for the first time allow iPhone users to download apps hosted outside of its official App Store, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Otherwise known as sideloading, the change would allow customers to download apps without needing to use the App Store, which would mean developers wouldn’t need to pay Apple’s […]
Read MoreEU is pressuring TikTok to comply with the newly adopted Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is meant to improve content moderation on social media platforms, including creating transparency on why certain content was removed and how advertisers target users. European Commissioner Thierry Breton told Shou Zi Chew that TikTok must start adhering to the […]
Read MoreTuesday October 25, 2022 8:03 pm PDT by Sami Fathi Apple’s vice president of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, today said that Apple will have to move to USB-C on iPhone and its remaining devices that still have a Lightning connector in order to comply with new EU rules. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal‘s Tech […]
Read MoreApple fournit avec les AirPods Pro 2 quatre paires d’embouts, allant du XS au L, a priori il y a là de quoi satisfaire un maximum d’oreilles. Mais on peut tout de même préférer des solutions mieux adaptées, à l’instar des embouts en mousse à mémoire de forme de Comply, qui sont compatibles avec les […]
Read MoreInstagram this week implemented support for a new option that allows an Instagram account to be deleted directly within the Instagram app. Instagram is now in compliance with an updated App Store Guideline that requires all apps that offer account creation to also offer account deletion. Apple told developers that apps offering account creation must […]
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