The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants Apple to allow Russians to install iOS apps not only from the App Store. The department plans to submit the relevant bill to the State Duma during the spring session.

At the end of January, Apple announced a number of innovations in iOS. These include support for third—party stores and payment systems. However, those who want to use the new functionality will have to pay for each installation. We talked about the innovation with experts from Skich and INFUSION GAMES.

In accordance with the new law adopted in Europe, Apple has announced a number of innovations in iOS. These include support for third—party stores and payment systems. But there were nuances. Those who want to use the new functionality will have to pay for each installation. For more information about the situation, see our analysis.

Google and Apple corporations summed up the results of the year and published lists with the best games in their app stores for 2023.

Several App Store employees in China have been accused of abuse of office, sources tell The Information. According to the publication, they were approached by developers with a request to help with the promotion of games in the store.

Apple has made a relaxation for Russian developers. The corporation announced that now they can leave links in their applications that allow you to pay for purchases not through the App Store payment system.

The Chinese company miHoYo, which developed Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, is looking for ways not to pay a 30% commission to the App Store, according to the publication The China Project. It reports that miHoYo tried to circumvent the rules of the store at least twice.

In the UK, a class action lawsuit was brought against Apple for £785 million, or about $ 1 billion. The subject of the claim is a high commission in the App Store.

Apple must pay a fine of $17 million or 1.17 billion rubles in Russia. The fine was imposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS), — the agency was not satisfied that Apple was imposing the App Store payment system on developers.

Apple is facing a new fine. The Paris court ruled that the company had created unfavorable commercial conditions for developers in the App Store, and demanded to pay a fine of € 1 million.

Apple has updated the pricing policy of its app store. She said that 900 variants of price tags for their products became available to developers at once.

Apple has announced that this year developers will be able to apply for app updates in the App Store even during the winter holidays. Until 2021, the company arranged a break for a few days at the end of December.

The head of Meta* criticized Apple‘s policy. In his opinion, the company controls the App Store and iOS too much.

Apple summed up the results of the year. She named the games that she considered the best for her devices in 2022.

The sale must be carried out through the IAP toolkit. Simply put, Apple will charge 30% from each transaction.

This was reported by analyst Eric Woodring from Morgan Stanley, who relied on Sensor Tower data. In his opinion, App Store users began to spend less primarily because of problems in the global economy.

According to The Information, the corporation will allow developers to sell tokens only through the in-app purchases feature. Apple intends to charge a commission of 30% for each transaction.

The cost of apps and in-app purchases (with the exception of auto-renewing subscriptions) will change on October 5. This will happen in all countries that use the euro, as well as in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden and Vietnam.

Apple‘s plans became known from invitations to an online event that the corporation sent to developers. The text of such an invitation was published on Twitter by marketing expert Eric Seufert.