App subscriptions may get cheaper as U.S. court forces Apple to change its app store payment rules

Apple has revised app store guidelines for developers, allowing them to enable external links or payment gateways to pay for app purchases and subscriptions without any commission. The change comes a ... Read More

Judge Rebukes Apple and Orders It to Loosen Grip on App Store

The ruling was a stinging defeat for Apple in a long-running antitrust case brought by Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, on behalf of app developers. Read More

Is the App Store about to undergo a big change? Not so fast, says Apple

After a judge's rebuke on how Apple manages the App Store and its relationships with developers, Apple files an appeal ... Read More

Apple Appeals Epic Case’s App Store Ruling — Regulatory Woes Continue As Senator Eyes Open App Markets Act Reintroduction

As expected, Apple has moved to appeal last month’s ruling in its Epic Games legal battle over App Store terms. Meanwhile, the Open App Markets Act is poised to be reintroduced in Congress. Apple ... Read More

Is a US court ruling enough to finally break open Apple's App Store?

A federal judge just slapped Apple around: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Apple was in "willful violation" of a 2021 ruling she had made, and that she would refer the company for a possible criminal ... Read More

Court orders Apple to open App Store to competition, Epic Games wins

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, found that Apple willfully violated a previous court order designed ... Read More

EU orders Apple to open up iOS connectivity features

Compared to iPhones in the rest of the world, iOS in Europe offers unique capabilities: EU users can sideload apps and use alternative app ... Apple’s solutions. And Apple has to fully open up ... Read More

Florida lawmaker proposes forcing Apple to allow third-party app stores like EU

A Florida congresswoman has introduced a new bill targeting Apple, aiming to boost competition and expand consumer choice by ... Read More

EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store

As detailed by our sister site, Eurogamer, Apple was found to have violated EU law by not permitting App Store apps to link or even make reference to alternative means of payment that could ... Read More

Apple fined 500 million euros by EU under the Digital Markets Act, forced to make changes to App Store policies

from the EU commission under the Digital Markets Act. The commission said the fine relates to Apple’s App Store anti-steering policies. It is being forced to make changes, or else face further ... Read More