Category: App Store

Apple Offers Small Concession in Easing App Store Rules for Netflix, Others

September 2, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO/TOKYO—Apple will let some apps like Netflix provide links to their websites for user payments, a small concession that would allow app developers to bypass the controversial 30 percent App Store fee the iPhone maker charges. The concession was part of a settlement with Japan’s anti-trust regulator, which said the change was enough for…

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Parler Returns to Apple’s App Store After Months-Long Ban

May 17, 2021
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Social media platform Parler has announced that its app has returned to Apple’s App Store following months of “productive dialogue” between the companies. “Millions of Parler and Apple customers may once again exercise their right to freely exchange ideas and opinions on social media, without viewpoint discrimination,” Parler said in a May 17 statement. “The…

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Apple and Google Grilled at Senate Hearing on App Store Competition

April 22, 2021
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A panel of senators grilled representatives from Apple and Google at an anti-trust hearing Wednesday, with the companies pushing back against accusations of abusing market power to squash competition and of charging unjustified developer fees in their app stores. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Consumer Rights heard complaints from Spotify, Match, and other…

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Apple Punished Employee for Approving App That Was Critical of Beijing, Lawsuit Alleges

December 27, 2020
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A former Apple employee alleges in a lawsuit that the company punished him for approving an app critical of the Chinese regime in order to appease Beijing authorities. The allegations were made by Trieu Pham, a former app reviewer for the tech giant, in a discrimination and wrongful termination suit filed at the Santa Clara…

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