How to get TikTok back on your phone if you deleted it
TikTok users in India cannot download the popular video-sharing app from the App Store as it doesn’t recognise the country they’re in. TikTok Lite is only available on India’s App Store. Users will be forced to use a VPN to connect to TikTok’s website from a VPN hotspot. TikTok and other ByteDance applications are not available on the App Store in India.
Delta is an ios game boy app that will not be taken down
Apple has notarized a start on its AltStore PAL app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL’s marketplace is integrating its marketplace with Patreon for monetization, and will support developers who want to distribute beta apps as a reward for crowd-sourced funding, which isn’t allowed in the App Store. Testut will charge 1.50 (plus tax) a year for downloads of AltStore PAL.
The EU is looking for Apple, Meta and other companies for investigations
The EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has said that Apple’s new fee structure for distributing apps outside of App Store violates the EU’s Digital Markets Act and EU Competition Laws. Vestager added that the probe will now focus on two aspects of Apple’s business – its limits on developers linking to their own websites and how hard Apple makes it to replace default apps.
The DOJ had internal emails that helped build its case
More than a dozen state attorneys general and the US Department of Justice have sued Apple for allegedly using the App Store to block Android users from switching to iPhones. They also alleged that Apple used its devices to exert leverage on smartphone customers. They also claimed that Apple’s Vice President of Product Marketing for Apple Watch wrote, “Apple Watch may help prevent iPhone customers from switching.”
Apple was fined the first time by the EU in relation to a complaint
Apple has been fined by the European Commission for abusing its dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps through App Store. “Ironically, in the name of competition, today’s decision just cements the dominant position of a successful European company that is the digital music market’s runaway leader,” Apple said.
Tim Sweeney called Apple App Store changes to be hot garbage
Apple has said its iOS 17.4 update would allow third-party browsers and sideloading. It added that the App Store will be open to game streaming services and developers can use alternative in-app payment options. It also said the new terms of distribution of apps through the App Store that choose to use an alternative payment system will charge a 17% commission instead of 30%.
alternate App stores are coming to the iPhone from Apple
Apple has announced a new “Core Technology Fee” for iPhone app developers who distribute their apps through the App Store in the European Union (EU). The fee will be charged 0.50 (around 54 cents) per annual install. However, this fee only kicks in after a million annual installs in the EU. Apple will lose its position as sole distributor of iPhone apps.