A month ago, Apple obliged developers to indicate what data is collected in their applications. But only since yesterday, users have actually been able to see this marking in the App Store.

Apple closes loopholes related to the hidden use of personal data of users of iOS applications. Email lists for targeting similar audiences are also banned.

App Store revenue will not change much after the current commission reduction, Sensor Tower said. Analysts have estimated that 96.7% of the gaming part of the store consists of developers with less than $1 million in revenue. But at the same time, their games account for only 2% of the expenses of iOS gamers.

Apple has started accepting applications to reduce the commission in the App Store for developers who earn less than $1 million a year. At the same time, the company spoke in detail about the conditions of participation in the program.

This summer, Apple began removing games from the Chinese App Store that did not have permission to be published in this country. But it seems that by the end of the year the company will remove a number of applications from the store.

Apple has posted lists of the best App Store apps for 2020. The game of the year on the iPhone was Genshin Impact. In other game categories, Dandara was noted, among others: Trials of Fear, Legends of Runeterra and Pokémon GO.

Apple has posted the schedule of its Christmas weekend. During them, the App Store will not accept applications for publishing and updating applications.

Yesterday Apple announced a reduction in the commission in its store for small developers. But this still does not suit Epic Games. Tim Sweeney commented on Apple’s initiative and explained why he is not happy about the changes.

Apple has announced a review of its policy regarding the commission in the App Store.  The company will reduce it to 15% for those developers who earn less than $1 million per year.

The introduction of Apple‘s new IDFA policy is just around the corner. In this regard, AppsFlyer interviewed marketers from 171 companies about what they think about the upcoming changes. It turned out that 37% of specialists do not understand how this situation will affect the industry.

The transition to its own ARM processors made it possible to launch software for iOS on Apple desktop solutions. This applies to both apps and games. However, not all companies have added support for the new feature to their products yet.Monument Valley 2, powered by Big Sur

From December 8, all iOS developers will have to indicate in their application profiles exactly what data they collect about users. Otherwise, they will not be able to get permission to publish or update. In particular, developers will be required to mark the data that third-party SDKs pull up in their programs.

Apple has added two new notification types to the App Store. Both are associated with subscriptions. At the same time, one of the old types of subscription status notifications will disappear from the store in March 2021.

Another price increase. Apple has warned about plans to increase the price tags for applications in several countries at once, including Russia.

Facebook is entering the cloud gaming market. The company has launched its own free service focused not on AAA projects, but mainly on mobile games. At the same time, due to Apple restrictions, iOS users will be deprived of this feature.The launch of the cloud service was announced by Jason Rubin, Facebook’s vice president for games and co-founder of Naughty Dog studio.

The trial of Epic and Apple is still more than six months away. Meanwhile, the owners of Fortnite are making another loud statement. This time, the developers claim that they have never “stolen” anything from Apple — the unpaid commission rightfully belongs to them.

In recent months, mobile developers and marketers have been in limbo. They don’t fully understand how Apple’s desire to oblige companies to request permission from users to collect personal data will turn out. As our Digiday colleagues found out, Apple recently shared additional information on the issue. Unfortunately, there was no good news.

Yesterday, there was widespread talk in the Russian-speaking environment about changes in Apple’s rules concerning the image of weapons in games. The company made a number of clarifications back in September 2019, but until recently they did not receive proper publicity.Now on the Apple website there is a detailed list of criteria for the image of firearms in the materials of games in the App Store.

Apple has changed the rules regarding pre-orders in the App Store. Now developers will be able to offer users to download applications 180 days before the release.The company announced this in its blog for developers.