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By Associated Press LONDON: Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts. The iPhone maker said late Wednesday that it’s making a small adjustment to its strict App …
Read More »Google reportedly offered Netflix a special discount on Play Store fees
Google has been accused of playing favorites in its treatment of Android app developers. The Verge reports a newly unsealed consumer lawsuit against Google alleges the company offered to take a “significantly reduced” cut of Netflix’s Play Store revenue in order to quell the streaming giant’s “displeasure.” Netflix, Spotify and …
Read More »Apple will finally let devs tell users about non-App Store purchase options
Getty Images | NurPhoto Apple will finally let developers tell users about purchase options available outside the iOS App Store. The iPhone maker agreed to this and other concessions—including $100 million in payments to developers—in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed by two app developers in 2019. Apple …
Read More »Google to show customised Play Store ratings based on users’ country and device
Google will begin a multi-quarter programme of improvements to make ratings on Play Store more personalised by showing ratings to individual users based on the country they’re registered in and the device that they’re using. “Starting in November 2021, we’re going to change the ratings that individual users see based …
Read More »FlickType Keyboard For iPhone For The Blind Shuts Due To Unfair App Store Rejections
According to Kosta Eleftheriou, the developer behind FlickType, he is forced by circumstances to discontinue the iPhone keyboard functionality. (Image Credit: Twitter) The developer said that Apple’s rejection history for FlickType spanned more than 40 pages filled with “repeated, unwarranted, and unreasonable rejections.” News18.com Last Updated:August 21, 2021, 13:00 IST …
Read More »Apple’s software chief faults Mac security to keep grip on iPhone App Store
Apple Inc.’s top software engineer criticised the security of his own Mac operating system in a bid to explain why the company shouldn’t be forced by a judge to loosen its hold over iPhone and iPad app distribution, as Epic Games Inc. is demanding. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice-president of …
Read More »Apple’s App Store had 78% margin in 2019, says Epic Games expert
Apple Inc’s App Store had operating margins of almost 78 per cent in fiscal year 2019, according to testimony from an Epic Games Inc expert witness based on documents obtained from the iPhone maker. The figure comes from Ned Barnes, a financial and economics researcher, who said he obtained documents …
Read More »User had ~$600K worth of bitcoin stolen after using a fake app for cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor downloaded from the App Store; app was rated five stars (Reed Albergotti/Washington Post)
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: User had ~$600K worth of bitcoin stolen after using a fake app for cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor downloaded from the App Store; app was rated five stars — Recent scams show there are holes in Apple’s safety net — Phillipe Christodoulou wanted to check his …
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