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In Arizona, Democrats Are Backing Big Tech A bill that would eliminate Apple and Google’s hefty fees on app developers has drawn unusual coalitions on both sides. Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA via AP Images The app stores currently apply a 15 or 30 percent commission fee on apps that cost money or have in-app purchases or subscriptions. Members of Arizona’s state House of Representatives questioned whether or not Apple was a monopoly last week, ahead of a critical floor vote. Others compared the Apple and Google smartphone app stores to a flea market. And one member applauded Apple’s i...

A controversial Arizona bill that addresses the fees technology companies like Apple and Google charge app developers is raising new antitrust challenges for embattled US tech giants. The bill – which passed the Arizona state house last week and now will move to the state’s senate – would require Apple and Google to allow app developers to use their own payment systems, rather than Google’s or Apple’s, to process user purchases within the app....

This Week in Apps: App Store bill passes AZ House, ‘deep nostalgia’ goes viral, Twitter Spaces arrives on Android 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. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American...

There are things Apple could do now to make the App Store better for developers and users. The best part is, none of them require laws or lawsuits.

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. Apps aren’t just a way to pass idle hours — they’re also a big business. This Week in Apps will soon be a newsletter!