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Exchanged e-mails reveal Apple repeatedly rejected Microsofts appeals to bring exclusive Xbox games into the iOS App Store.

Meta (formerly Facebook) has found a new way to avoid the app stores’ commissions on in-app purchases with the launch of a new website where people can buy “Stars” — the virtual items that allow fans to express their support for favorite creators during Facebook videos and livestreams. Typically, Stars are bought as in-app purchases […]

Apple is requesting a judicial review of Russia’s decision that developers must be allowed to promote alternative payment options.

Following the passage of the so-called “anti-Google law” in South Korea, Google has announced it will comply with the new mandate by giving Android app developers on Google Play the ability to offer alternative payment systems alongside Google’s own. The legislation represents the first time a government has been able to force app stores to […]

Over the past couple of months, Apple has been forced to acquiesce to court rulings and regulatory agencies on how it runs its App Store, and now it’s

As always, developers will not pay Apple a commission on any purchases taking place outside of their app or the App Stores

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]

Apple today introduced a new set of App Store Guidelines that include three key changes. One of the changes is the result of a previously announced settlement agreement with a class of U.S. app developers. It clarifies that developers are allowed to communicate with their customers about other payment methods available outside their app. Related […]

Apple has opted to appeal the case, which is previously called a

While the Cupertino-based company did not express its take on the ruling back then, Apple has filed an appeal on October 8, 2021 against the previous ruling.