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.

The officials asked the court for 10 minutes so that they could make a speech. The ministry stressed that they do not support any of the companies, but do not agree with how the court interpreted the antimonopoly legislation earlier.

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.

The complaint was sent to the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT). Its author is Mony de Swaan Addati, former president of the predecessor of the IFT Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel).

Appsumer analysts estimated that in the second quarter of 2022, 94.8% of advertisers used Apple Search Ads (+4‱). The same number of advertisers chose Google solutions (-2‱). The share of Meta* solutions decreased by 3‱ to 82.8%.

Apple has settled the conflict with Kosta Eleftheriou, a critic of the App Store. The developer claimed that the company prevented the sales of his FlickType application, put a lot of clones and scammers into the store, and also copied other people’s products herself.

The names were noticed in applications for registration of the corresponding trademarks in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and a number of other countries.

South Korean authorities suspect that Google, Apple and One Store Co. have violated a law that prohibits owners of mobile stores from imposing their payment systems on developers. Now companies face a fine of 2% of the annual turnover of stores.

Yesterday, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) issued a new order against Apple. The agency stated that the corporation is obliged to stop violating the competition law within 60 days. To do this, she will have to change the rules of her app store.

The French companies Société du Figaro and L’Équipe 24/24, as well as the association of providers Le Geste, appealed to the District Court of California. They are dissatisfied with the fact that Apple does not allow third-party app stores on iOS, which is why developers are forced to pay an “inflated” commission.

In Russia, Apple was officially recognized as a monopolist. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) ruled that the company is abusing its dominant position in the market because it does not allow developers to inform App Store users about alternative payment methods.

The European Commission has approved two bills to combat the monopolies of large platform holders. They will also affect Google and Apple, which will have to comply with the new set of rules.

Perhaps Apple is still planning to release its own augmented reality headset. This was hinted at by the head of the corporation Tim Cook (Tim Cook) in an interview with China Daily.

App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is a framework that iOS developers should use to request users’ permission to track personal data. The other day, he attracted the attention of the Federal Office for Combating Cartels in Germany.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticized Apple. He suspects that the company intentionally “harms” web applications and forces users to download programs from the App Store so that it can earn commission.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has conducted several antitrust investigations against Apple. As a result of one of them, the agency stated that the corporation was abusing its position by banning cloud gaming services in the App Store.

On June 6, Apple opened the WWDC 2022 conference, during which, among other things, it announced iOS 16. Soon one of the developers noticed that the beta of the new version of the operating system supports controllers for the Nintendo Switch.