The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a 50-page report on competition in the mobile store market. In it, the agency called Apple and Google “gatekeepers” whose policies harm both users and developers.

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.

Maksut Shadaev at a meeting with journalists said that the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill similar to the European DMA (Digital Markets Act). If it is accepted, Apple will have to allow Russians to install apps on the iPhone and iPad bypassing the App Store.

Apple is going to seriously review the policy of its platform. According to Bloomberg, citing sources, next year the company will allow residents of EU countries to install alternative storages on iPhones and iPads.

The head of Epic Games gave a great interview to The Verge. As part of it, Tim Sweeney said that he was going to go into conflict with Apple to the end and, if necessary, was ready to appeal to the US Supreme Court.

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 British authorities want to make sure how seriously Apple restricts cloud gaming services on iOS.

It is reported that Apple has attracted two top managers to develop projects related to mixed reality. It is possible that the company is preparing to announce its own MR device.

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

Apple failed to challenge the $12 million (906.3 million rubles) fine imposed on it by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) in April 2021.

The antimonopoly Authority of South Korea suspects that Apple charges developers a commission of 33% rather than 30%.

Maksut Shadaev said at a meeting with journalists that he “does not really understand” why VK projects were removed from the App Store.

An Apple representative said this in a comment to The Verge. He also confirmed that the company has blocked the developer account belonging to VK.

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.