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The Digital Markets Act forces Apple to allow third-party app products in European Union countries. But the tech giant isn't making it easy.

The iPhone 15 will feature a USB-C charging port, ahead of an EU law mandating a common charging system for mobile devices.

Snapchat+ is doing great. Instagram and Facebook launched a pay-for-verification feature. Charging for blue checks drew scorn and ridicule, but cash is king.

Here's a preview of the Privacy Sandbox, the newfangled way companies will follow you around the web that's supposed to be better for your privacy.

Netflix’s commitment to ad-free subscriptions explains why it sticks with full-season drops and why it cancels popular shows after a few seasons.

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This Week in Apps: Twitter targets creators, Clubhouse security, Spotify’s plans for paid podcasts 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 is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. A new forecast this week expects consumer spend to grow to $270 billion by 2025. Consumers last year also spent 3...

Some have lambasted the change, saying it will hurt the ecosystems small, independent players. And even if certain players violate Apples guidelines, its unclear how that behavior would even be discovered, or whether theyd be kicked out of the App Store for violating the rules. Apples change, which was supposed to launch earlier this fall but was delayed to give app makers more time to retool their advertising systems to comply, will take a privacy option that was previously buried deep in user...