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An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
By subverting the voluntary nature of open standards, Apple has defanged them as tools that users might use against the totalising power of native apps in their digital lives. This high-modernist approach is antithetical to the foundational commitments of internet standards bodies and, over time, erode them.| Infrequently Noted
An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)| hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
Apple will take a 17% cut of IAP from larger developers who sign up to the new terms, and then add a €0.50 fee per install charge on top for every download over 1m.| Mobilegamer.biz
Regulators around the world are working to address competition issues in digital markets, particularly on mobile devices. Several new laws have already been passed, including the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC), Japan’s Smartphone Act, and the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Australia and the United States are also considering similar legislation with the U.S. Department of Justice pursuing an antitrust case against Apple. Across all of these efforts, common q...| Open Web Advocacy
Apple announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the EU to comply with the DMA.| Apple Newsroom
Android users will be able to bypass Google by downloading Zashi from F-Droid or GitHub! Zcash offers financial privacy and sovereignty, and we want to ensure that Zashi upholds those values…| Electric Coin Company
As 2025 begins, it's a perfect moment to reflect on 2024’s developments, achievements, and what lies ahead regarding regulators, browsers, and web applications.| Open Web Advocacy
Following the EU ruling in June that said Apple’s App Store anti-steering policies are officially in breach of the Digital...| 9to5Mac
Getting started with Web Distribution in the EU| developer.apple.com
After a few weeks of internet drama, Apple has responded to complaints about the death of Progressive Web Apps in the European Union and is restoring them to how they worked in iOS 17.3 and before.| AppleInsider
If you ship a Web App in the EU and will be impacted by this, please sign our open letter to Tim Cook. It is critical that we gather as much evidence as possible to prevent Apple from breaking Web Apps in the EU.| Open Web Advocacy
iOS 17.4 offers a number of changes for the App Store and iPhone in the European Union. This includes things...| 9to5Mac
Apple announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the EU to comply with the DMA.| Apple Newsroom (United Kingdom)
This is part actually honestly well-meaning, part malicious compliance, part intricate machinery. Many components have all three parts present.| Take
# Will Apple ever let browsers and Web Apps compete fairly?| Open Web Advocacy
What a week. When it began to look like Apple would announce how it planned to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), I expected small changes at the margins that wouldn’t significantly move the needle in the EU or anywhere else. Boy, I was wrong. Instead, we got a far-reaching, complex response that| www.macstories.net
At least web competition will finally be allowed| www.theregister.com
The App Review Guidelines provide guidance and examples across a range of development topics, including user interface design, functionality, content, and the use of specific technologies. These guidelines are designed to help you prepare your apps for the approval process.| Apple Developer
Propel your small business forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store and invest more resources into your business.| Apple Developer
