Apple faces a significant amount of antitrust pressure focused on the App Store payment system in many countries around the world…
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Apple submits plan to allow alternative App Store payment systems in South Korea
Apple has submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems on its App Store to comply with a law banning major app store operators…
Apple likely to collect commission on any transactions that start in the app despite payment platform
A legal filing indicates that Apple is likely to charge a commission on any transactions that start in the app, despite the payment platform…
Apple quietly run ads via Google search for high-value subscription apps to capture In-App revenue
Apple is quietly buying Google ads for high-value subscription apps in order to collect potentially millions of dollars in subscription rev…
Netflix launches games on iPhone, iPad using Apple’s payment system
After dropping Apple’s In-App Purchase from its main app 3 years ago, Netflix is resuming use of the payment system with its new video game …
The Netherlands’ antitrust watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules are anti-competitive
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has found that Apple’s rules requiring app developers to use its in-app payment…
Apple tries to stay ahead of the oncoming regulatory wave
As Apple tries to stay ahead of the oncoming regulatory wave, the compnay has refined its App Store rules, now allowing app developers…
Apple defends App Store review, payment system
Apple provided in-depth detail on how many apps it rejected last year and how its App Store payment system keeps customers secure from fraud…
Apple defends App Store control in court; doesn’t want iOS to devolve into Android
In court on Monday, Epic Games argued that Apple purposely locks in its customers in the first day of a landmark trial with Apple…
Analyst: Apple will win court battle with ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Apple will prevail in a “Game of Thrones” Court Battle versus “Fortnite” maker Epic Games …
Apple to argue it faces abundant competition in video game market in Epic Games lawsuit
In a court filing in the Epic Games lawsuit on Thursday, Apple said it plans to argue that it faces abundant competition in the market for…
Minnesota bill targets Apple App Store
A proposed bill in the Minnesota state legislature would force Apple’s App Store and Alphabet’s derivative Google Play store to keep the…
Dutch competition regulators nearing draft decision in Apple investigation
According to a letter sent this month to some of the developers involved in the case, Dutch competition authorities are nearing a decision…
Judge bars Epic Games from pursuing Apple in the U.K. over Fortnite ban
A U.K. judge has barred aspiring freeloader Epic Games from widening its fight with Apple over App Store access to its Fortnite video game.
Six-year-old spends $16,000 on iPad game purchases
Six-year-old George Johnson secretly racked up more than $16,000 in Apple iPad game purchases from within his favorite video game…
Apple’s App Store temporarily waives 30% fee for paid Facebook events
Apple decided on Friday to waive its usual 30% App Store fee for Facebook events until the end of the year. Last month, Facebook launched…
Apple’s Phil Schiller says position on ‘Hey’ app is unchanged and no rules changes are imminent
In a brief call today about Basecamp’s “Hey” email app and the iOS App Store, Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Apple, said…
Apple’s App Store, Apple Pay targeted by EU antitrust regulators
On Tuesday, Apple found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay.The European Commission said…
Apple sued for allowing app loot boxes in App Store
Apple on Friday was slapped with a proposed class action lawsuit over loot boxes contained within games and apps, a mechanism typically characterized by…
U.S. Congress asks Spotify to detail alleged Apple antitrust abuses
U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe…
How Apple Arcade could upend the app experience
If you thought the App Store was spammy and scammy before in-app purchases, it was nothing compared to apps distributed for free…
Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour hits Apple’s App Store
Ready, set, go! Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour is now available to download on the App Store…
Apple: We collect fees on less than 1% of Spotify users
Music streaming service Spotify Technology SA pays Apple Inc a 15% fee on about 680,000 of its 100 million premium customers…
Why I switched from Spotify to Apple Music
I strongly suspect this is a scheme to make the music industry happy, but it’s user-hostile..
Republican U.S. Senator introduces federal bill to outlaw video game ‘loot boxes’
Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering ‘loot boxes’ or randomized assortments of…
EU to launch investigation into Apple’s App Store over Spotify’s competition claims
The EU will launch a formal antitrust investigation into Apple in the next few weeks…
Apple Music overtakes Spotify in paid U.S. subscribers
Apple Music has surpassed Spotify Technology SA in paid U.S. subscriptions…
Apple: Spotify wants all the benefits of a free app without being free
Apple Inc on Thursday responded to Spotify Technology SA’s complaint with EU antitrust regulators…
Apple publicly addresses Spotify’s claims
Apple today publicly addressed Spotify’s claims….
Increasingly desperate Spotify demands a free ride from Apple’s App Store
Music streaming service Spotify has elevated its disputes with Apple into a full blown anti-trust complaint…
Spotify’s Apple Music complaint was a near decade in the making
Spotify Technology SA latest complaint against Apple Inc. highlights the tensions…
Spotify files EU antitrust complaint against Apple
Spotify has filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators against Apple…
Apple: Where the modern corporation is going
As Apple approaches a market cap of $1 trillion with a return on shareholder’s equity of 36.1 percent in 2017…
Apple as a service: Services offer growth, visibility, and profitability
Apple Services is the 2nd of 4 pillars to our Apple as a Service thesis…
AAPL’s paradigm shift
About every 10 years, there is a new paradigm that drives Apple….
Apple’s Q218 earnings most important (and impressive) metric
On May 1st, Apple announced its financial results for the last quarter…
Apple: Proving the naysayers wrong
I find Apple today to be markedly less risky than many of its tech peers…
Apple Services: The nitrous in Cupertino’s profit engine
If you exclude the iPhone, for every $1 in profit Apple generated in selling all other products…
23 more app developers in China file lawsuit against Apple after App Store cuts 1 million apps
Anger is growing in China over Apple’s treatment of developers, with a second group of app designers…
Apple has a surprising new growth engine
Analyst Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research put out a pointed note Monday about Apple…
Apple’s App Store in China accused of violating local pricing and antitrust laws
Apple offers gaming, dining and dating apps in a country where most rivals are locally owned…
Inside Apple’s massive services results
Apple’s second largest business last quarter in terms of revenue was its services business, eclipsing its Mac, iPad, and…
