More deterrence: App Store warns of apps with “external purchases”

More deterrence: App Store warns of apps with "external purchases"

Care, “external purchases”: With a striking warning message, Apple now identifies apps in its App Store that offer users in the EU a direct payment option for digital content – instead of integrating Apple’s payment system. “This app does not support the private and secure payment system of the App Store,” is the noticeable text, … Read more

No reaction from Apple: Epic Games is enough “Fortnite” in the App Store

No reaction from Apple: Epic Games is enough "Fortnite" in the App Store

Fans of “Fortnite” have to be patient until you can use the Battle Royale shooter on the iPhone again: Despite submitting the game at Apple’s App Store last Friday, manufacturer Epic Games has no feedback. Now it should be a new attempt, the head of the game group, who rarely embarrassed, announced Tim Sweeney, On … Read more

App store dispute with Apple: Epic Games submits a lawyer bill

App store dispute with Apple: Epic Games submits a lawyer bill

After Epic Games has achieved an intermediate victory with Apple for the opening of the App Store in the long time, CEO Tim Sweeney chats out of the sewing box, which has been invested in the process so far. Compared to the US economic side of Business Insider, the “Fortnite” boss announced that the lawyers … Read more

Collective action: Developers want compensation due to Apple’s app store link ban

Collective action: Developers want compensation due to Apple's app store link ban

Apple’s great US court dispute over his app store commissions that the American game group had started Epic Games, may now also have a legal impact on smaller developmentopers. A lawyer company specializing in collective lawsuits has found those affected who have agreed to to proceed against Apple to obtain compensation. If the procedure (Case … Read more

Time turn in the App Store: What Apple is allowed to do according to the US judgment-and what is not

Time turn in the App Store: What Apple is allowed to do according to the US judgment-and what is not

The hard judgment against Apple’s app store regulations, which had been issued in the United States in the process between Apple and Epic Games last week, ensures larger renovation measures in the software shop. Apple is no longer allowed to apply some of its measures carried out with prohibitions and app review investigations and thus … Read more

According to the app store judgment: Apple changes rules for US developers

According to the app store judgment: Apple changes rules for US developers

According to the judgment of a US court, according to the Apple there is no participation in purchases triggered from apps, the iPhone manufacturer has adapted its app store guidelines. In the freshly updated App Review Guidelines for the American market Various things are now explicitly allowed that were previously prohibited so that Apple always … Read more

Google clears up: Number of apps in the Play Store reduced to almost half

Google clears up: Number of apps in the Play Store reduced to almost half

Google has apparently organized massive spring cleaning in the Play store in the past 12 months. According to data from the app intelligence provider Apppfigige, Google’s app marketplace has lost 47 percent of its apps so far since the beginning of 2024. A year ago, the Play Store still had around 3.4 million apps on … Read more

App Store: Apple gives an insight into how AI summaries arise

App Store: Apple gives an insight into how AI summaries arise

At first glance, Apple’s new summary for app reviews looks like a simple task for artificial intelligence. The function introduced with iOS 18.4 is intended to provide users of the app store a faster overview of what others say about an app. On closer inspection, however, it is much more complex, since older and false … Read more

“Request to Pay”: Apple Store allows new payment options – with horse foot

"Request to Pay": Apple Store allows new payment options - with horse foot

Apple has introduced a new payment option in its German online shop that can be used to pay directly from your own bank account. The procedure called “Request to Pay” (R2P) is implemented with the service provider Deutsche Bank and comes for customers with a few disadvantages, while Apple sees his money faster. It is … Read more