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Apple confirms they will move to commission-based fee for Dutch dating apps using 3rd party payment providers

6 months

We reported three days ago that, for the first time, Apple has submitted to the court ruling and enabled Dutch dating apps to direct users to an external website to make payments or use a 3rd party payment service. Apple has intro...

First crack in the armour as Apple allows Dutch dating apps to use 3rd party payment providers

by Surur

6 months

We reported in December that, after a two-year investigation, which narrowed to focussing on dating apps, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) came to the conclusion that Apple Inc broke its competition laws and ord...

Apple wins last minute stay of execution of order to open up App Store payments

by Surur

7 months

We reported a week ago that Apple has asked the Court of Appeals for a stay of Judge Gonzalez-Rogers’s order which is set to force them to allow developers to link out to alternate payment systems instead of using Apple̵...

Apple sues to stop developers from telling users about alternate off-device payment methods

by Surur

7 months

Apple is under sustained attack by courts and regulators over its rent-seeking practices when it comes to the iOS app store, but the company is not giving up without a fight. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recently...

Desperate Apple asks Court of Appeals for last-minute stay of order to open up App Store payments

by Surur

7 months

Bloomberg reports that Apple has asked the Court of Appeals for a stay of Judge Gonzalez-Rogers’s order which is set to force them to allow developers to link out to alternate payment systems instead of using Apple’s i...

Judge says Apple engages in “incipient antitrust conduct”, denies stay of external payment order

by Surur

8 months

In October Apple had a mixed result from its long-running anti-trust trial against Epic. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers handed Epic a victory by permanently restraining Apple from stopping developers from linking out to altern...

Epic to appeal decision which gives them Apple App store payment bypass

by Surur

10 months

We reported earlier that Epic has achieved a significant victory by having the court recognize Apple’s anti-competitive practices and ordering corrective action. Epic is however not happy with what they won, as they failed t...

Epic victory sees Apple forced to allow alternate app payment methods

by Surur

10 months

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers has just handed Epic a major victory by permanently restraining them from stopping developers from linking out to alternate payment methods outside of the app store. Apple is also prohibited from preve...

South Korea’s Telecommunications Business Act will end Apple’s App Store payment monopoly

by Surur

10 months

The home of Samsung may be the one who topples the first domino to end Apple’s App Store payment monopoly. The company is widely expected to pass their new Telecommunications Business Act that would force app stores, includi...

Major loss for Apple, win for Epic as Arizona bans forced preferred AppStore payment systems

by Surur

1 year

The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), consisting of Epic, Match Group (Tinder), and Spotify have scored a major victory in Arizona after the Arizona House of Representatives just passed a bill co-drafted by the coalition which ban...

Apple bends again, will let Facebook use Facebook Pay for small business online events on iOS

by Surur

2 years

We reported a month ago that Facebook was accusing Apple of being anti-small business by preventing them from expanding their business to online events using Facebook’s paid events platform. Facebook had promised to ze...

AppleCare+ users in Canada, Japan, and Australia can now make monthly payments for the service

by Sean Chan

2 years

Apple is expanding the AppleCare+ monthly payments option to three more countries. The monthly payment option allows Apple users to pay for AppleCare+ monthly instead of paying up front. Apple announced the monthly payment option ...