App Store rules: Dutch authority calls for changes
According to Reuters, the Dutch antitrust authority has ruled that Apple's App Store rules are anti-competitive.
With the Apple Developer Program, Apple provides the central hub for everyone building apps and extensions for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro. The program includes access to beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS, to frameworks such as SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit, App Intents, Apple Intelligence APIs and WidgetKit, to tools like Xcode, TestFlight and App Store Connect, and to all interfaces around Apple Pay, ARKit, RealityKit, MapKit and StoreKit. At the center of the developer world is WWDC, Apple's annual conference where new platforms, frameworks and beta updates are introduced to the developer community.
The editorial team at apfelpatient.de documents here the ongoing evolution of Apple's developer platform: changes to App Store guidelines, new commission models in individual markets, new privacy rules and APIs for third-party developers, waves of stricter app reviews around topics like AI coding and medical apps, updates to App Store Connect, App Analytics and TestFlight, new subscription options such as monthly payments with annual commitment, regulatory requirements from the EU, US and Asia, and all WWDC announcements for developers.
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According to Reuters, the Dutch antitrust authority has ruled that Apple's App Store rules are anti-competitive.
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